In November 2009, shortly after I launched this blog about vintage men’s pulp adventure magazines, I received a brief email from author Robert F. Dorr. “I stumbled upon your blog…
Robert F. Dorr talks about his classic war and adventure stories in A HANDFUL OF HELL – PART 1…
An interview with monster art master Basil Gogos about his men’s adventure magazine artwork…
Artist Basil Gogos is the most widely-known and revered painter of movie monster paintings in the world. His reputation as the King of Monster Art was first established in the…
Bryce Walton in men’s adventure, science fiction, mystery, detective and Western magazines…
There are many connections between the classic pulp fiction magazines that flourished from the 1920s to the 1950s and the men’s pulp adventure magazines that began to emerge in the…
WILDCAT ADVENTURES, June 1959: Part 2 – Shirley Kilpatrick, Pinup Model & She Monster…
One of the things I love about collecting, reading and researching men’s pulp adventure magazines from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s is that I never know what kinds of pop…
WILDCAT ADVENTURES premieres with an artistic and literary bang in June 1959…
WILDCAT ADVENTURES was one of several classic men’s adventure magazines published by Robert C. Sproul, through his company Candar Publishing, sometimes misspelled as “Candor” by sources like the 1960 book…
Art by Earl Norem does double duty, for a “Spider Tribe” and a “Scorpion Cult”…
My previous post here took a closer look at Earl Norem’s amazing interior illustrations for the “Book Bonus” version of Mario Puzo’s novel THE GODFATHER in the August 1969 issue…
Earl Norem and Mort Kunstler artwork for THE GODFATHER…
In my previous post here, I featured some of the original artwork by Earl Norem that’s owned by members of our Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group. We’ve been posting a…
Earl Norem is gone, but his men’s adventure and comics artwork is immortal…
Three of the top illustration artists whose work appeared in many men’s adventure magazines have died in recent months. One was Wilbur “Wil” Hulsey, the man who created the iconic…
Fidel Castro and Cuba in men’s adventure magazines: Part 1…
Recently, I’ve been reading stories in men’s adventure magazines from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s about Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution and the first decades of Cuba’s Communist era under…
The CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY has been released – along with the Kraken!
I’m happy to announce that the lushly-illustrated, full-color paperback and hardcover editions of our CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY are now available to order on Amazon.com – worldwide. They are also available on…
The Florida Pulp AdventureCon, from the perspective of a men’s adventure fan…
When my men’s adventure magazine mentor Rich Oberg and I heard that there would be a bunch of issues from the legendary Napa Collection and some original men’s adventure artwork…