In the 1950s, when atomic bombs and nuclear power were relatively new, views about the atom were even more schizoid than they are today. On one hand, there was constant…
Back to the atomic future with Joe and Ben Weider’s MR. AMERICA magazine…
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…
From Vic Prezio and James Bama to Walter Popp and Norm Eastman – the missing HORRORHOUND captions, Part 2…
As explained in my previous post, men’s pulp art collector Rich Oberg and I recently put together an article about men’s adventure magazines that was published in the July/August 2011…
Basil Gogos paintings from the Rich Oberg Collection…
Recently, men’s pulp art collector Rich Oberg and I were asked to put together an article about men’s adventure magazines for HorrorHound, a nicely-produced periodical about films, TV shows, books,…
An interview with Bill Devine, author of DEVINE’S GUIDE TO MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES…
I first got into collecting vintage men’s adventure magazines in 2003, after I read one of the two must-have books about the genre, IT’S A MAN’S WORLD by Adam Parfrey,…
Ed “Emsh” Emshwiller’s UNTAMED magazine covers
If you’re a fan of vintage science fiction magazines and paperbacks from the 1950s and 1960s, you’ve almost certainly seen cover art by Ed Emshwiller (1925-1990), who often signed his…