Mike Shayne in men’s adventure magazines – Part 3: Shayne stories from 1962

It’s been a while since I posted on this blog, but I haven’t been slacking. During the past two months I’ve been working on several different book projects. I worked…

Mike Shayne in men’s adventure magazines – Part 1: “The Naked Frame” in BLUEBOOK, Feb. 1953

Recently, I read and enjoyed THE MIKE SHAYNE PRIVATE EYE COMIC COLLECTION. That book is a new release from Pulp 2.0 Press, an indie imprint founded by the self-described “Mad…

PAPERBACK FANATIC: ISSUE #43 – another must have issue…

As you can tell from my previous posts about vintage paperback expert and pop culture historian Justin Marriott, I’m a bit in awe of him. He’s incredibly knowledgeable and incredibly…

Talking with Eva Lynd about Steve Holland, Al Rossi, Richard Deming’s “KILL AND RUN NUDE” and more…

Several years ago, I had the good fortune of becoming friends with Eva Lynd. As I’ve noted in previous posts on this blog, Eva worked as an actress in a…

Connecting dots between model Eva Lynd, artist Al Rossi, mystery writers Manning Lee Stokes and Carter Brown – and the Rocky Horror Show…

About a year ago, after I did some initial posts here about Eva Lynd, the legendary artists’ model, pinup glamour girl and actress, I got a surprise email from Eva…