American males who read the men’s pulp adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s seem to have had a special fascination with lesbians that editors were happy to…
Lesbians in Men’s Adventure Magazines, Part 1: Objects of Fear, Loathing – and Desire…
How publisher Stanley Morse and I got even with anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham
Recently, Richard Greene, one of the the many talented and knowledgeable artists who have become members of the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group, posted a link to an interesting opinion…
“Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything” — Part 3 (guest post by author Tom Ziegler)
Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment in a series of special guest posts by Tom Ziegler, author of the fascinating, lushly-illustrated new book BRUCE MINNEY: THE MAN…
“Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything” — guest post by Tom Ziegler (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: Tom Ziegler, son-in-law of the great illustration artist Bruce Minney, has just released a new full-color book titled BRUCE MINNEY: THE MAN WHO PAINTED EVERYTHING. (Available in both…
Men’s adventure magazine covers that stoked “ophidiophobia” (and some ophidiophilia)…
Most species of snakes are harmless. Relatively few people, at least in the United States, ever have personal encounters with snakes that pose a real threat to humans. Nonetheless, many…
From Mafia hit men and farmers’ daughters to a 70-year-old “love captive.” (MALE magazine, May 1973 – Part 3)
For me, reading old men’s pulp mags is a like visual, literary and sociological treasure hunt. If you’re interested in things like vintage pulp fiction and pulp illustration art, and…
MALE magazine, May 1973 – Part 2: from “Good Girl Art” to bad clothing…
There are cool, interesting or entertainingly wacky things in almost every men’s adventure magazine published in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. As mentioned in my last post, the May 1973…
MAN’S DARING: the men’s sweat magazine that exposed Hitler’s baboon tortures – and some legendary glamour girls…
[Post updated with new images, text and links, March 21, 2012.] The terms “sweat magazines,” “men’s sweats” or just “the sweats” are often used to describe vintage men’s adventure magazines.…
Solving men’s pulp mag mysteries in the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group…
If you’ve visited the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group recently, you’ve probably noticed that there has been a steady increase in members, posts and discussions there. My own posts in…