“Weasels Ripped My Flesh!” – from MAN’S LIFE to Frank Zappa to the Men’s Adventure Library…

My very first post on this blog, back in 2009, was about the magazine cover that sparked my initial fascination with men’s adventure magazines: the cover of the September 1956…

About “The Man Who Couldn’t Die” & writer Gardner F. Fox: A Guest Post by Kurt Brugel

Editor’s Note: ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS, the latest book in the Men’s Adventure Library series I co-edit with Wyatt Doyle. As shown in the preview I recently posted on…

ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: A preview, Part 2…

In my previous post on this blog, I provided a look at eleven of the stories in new book ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: WHEN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES GOT WEIRD,…

ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: A preview, Part 1…

Wyatt Doyle and I recently released the 18th book in our Men’s Adventure Library series, ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: WHEN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES GOT WEIRD. You can now get…

THE NAKED AND THE DEADLY: LAWRENCE BLOCK IN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES

Lawrence Block is one of the most popular and celebrated writers of crime and mystery fiction in the world. He’s especially well known for two long-running series he started writing…

A Q&A about my MAL books & MAQ magazine with writer Gayne C. Young

A while back, I connected with writer Gayne C. Young via the Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group. Gayne is a prolific action/adventure and science fiction author whose books…

GEORGE GROSS: COVERED, a new Men’s Adventure Library art book

GEORGE GROSS: COVERED is latest book in the Men’s Adventure Library series I co-edit with Wyatt Doyle, the multi-talented head honcho of the New Texture indie publishing imprint. This new…

About our book POLLEN IN PRINT: 1955-1959

Artist Samson Pollen created hundreds of classic illustrations for the men’s adventure magazines (MAMs, for short) published in the 1950s, 1960s and 197os. He was one of the top illustrators who…

POLLEN IN PRINT 1955-1959, our new Samson Pollen art book

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post refers to the special edition of POLLEN IN PRINT 1955-1959 that came with perks via an Indiegogo campaign listing. That campaign has ended. However, the book…

MANEATERS: KILLER SHARKS IN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES – Our latest book…

“You’re gonna need a bigger bookshelf!” Hot on the heels of the release of EXOTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBERT SILVERBERG, our collection of early men’s adventure magazine stories by the great…

EXOTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBERT SILVERBERG–new in the Men’s Adventure Library series

I’m very happy to announce the release of the 13th book in the Men’s Adventure Library series I co-edit with Wyatt Doyle. It’s titled EXOTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBERT SILVERBERG. This…

A look at the Eva Lynd book, EVA: MEN’S ADVENTURE SUPERMODEL…

Wyatt Doyle and I are pleased and proud to announce the release of the 10th book in our Men’s Adventure Library series – EVA: MEN’S ADVENTURE SUPERMODEL. It’s a lushly-illustrated…