Bruce Minney is one of the most talented and prolific of the many great artists who created cover paintings and interior illustrations for men’s adventure magazines from the mid-1950s to…
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More Mort Künstler cover and interior paintings from vintage men’s adventure magazines…
During my recent interview with legendary artist Mort Künstler, he told me that during a typical month in the 1950s and 1960s he usually created three cover paintings and at…
An interview with artist Mort Künstler – Part 2
Today, Mort Künstler is known as one of the premier historical artists in America. Since the 1980s, his main focus has been on paintings of scenes from American history, especially…
An interview with artist Mort Kunstler – Part 1…
Recently, I had the pleasure and honor of talking with Mort Künstler — one of the best and most famous of the many artists who did cover paintings and interior…
The Mystery of the Nude Nazi Love Captives…
A while after I posted my three-part interview with former men’s adventure magazine artist Gil Cohen, I ran across an online photo of one of his original paintings that made…
Interview with artist Gil Cohen: Part 3 – The Magazine Management years and beyond…
Part 3 of my interview with Gil Cohen, an artist who once painted hundreds of cover paintings and interior illustrations for men’s adventure magazines, picks up after he was discharged…
It’ OK to see double on New Year’s Eve – if it’s on the covers of men’s adventure magazines
In my New Year’s Eve post last year, I showed some examples of cover paintings that appeared on the covers of two different men’s adventure magazines. I thought about that…
Uncovering the Real James Bond – and the Real Roland Empey
The January 1966 issue of Male magazine features a very cool, Sixties-flavored cover painting by Mort Kunstler that looks like a James Bond scene. Quite a few of Ian Fleming’s…
The legendary Walter Kaylin, “Jaws” and the USS Indianapolis
Earlier this month, I posted an entry on this blog about Walter Kaylin, the legendary men’s adventure story writer who was also editor of the short-lived, pocket-size men’s pulp magazine…
Talking with Josh Alan Friedman about Mario Puzo, men’s pulp magazines and Marvel Comics
Last week I had a fun conversation with writer and musician Josh Alan Friedman, talking about his father and Magazine Management, the company owned by Martin Goodman that published some…
Getting ahead in life with men’s adventure magazines
Yes, I know, given the woman’s head on the stick on the cover of the February 1958 issue of For Men Only magazine (shown at left), the title I used…
Josh Alan Friedman relates his inside knowledge of men’s adventure magazines
I’m a bit envious of Josh Alan Friedman for several reasons. His father was Bruce Jay Friedman, who – prior to becoming a world famous novelist, screenwriter and playwright –…