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…

The “Jungle Girls” issue of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY (MAQ #4)

It has been one year since Bill Cunningham of Pulp 2.0 Press and I launched the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY. The MAQ is a full-color, 150-page magazine that reprints and discusses…

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY, Vol. 1, No. 2 – our spy stories & artwork issue

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2 – our spy stories & artwork issue. Recently, Bill Cunningham of Pulp 2.0 Press and I released the second issue of our new full-color, 150+ page MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine. Copies the MAQ are available on Amazon in the US and worldwide. You can also get copies directly from me via my eBay listings.

POLLEN’S ACTION: THE ART OF SAMSON POLLEN — a new book showcasing his men’s adventure magazine artwork

Simply put, Samson Pollen was one of the greatest of the many artists who provided illustrations for the men’s adventure magazines (MAMs) that flourished from the early 1950s to the…

Men’s adventure magazine Christmas spoof covers. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Christmas covers and stories were not common in the men’s adventure magazine (MAM) genre. In the 1950s, a few of top tier MAMs, like ARGOSY, TRUE and SAGA, did have…

Ho! Ho! Ho! Men’s adventure magazines style…

Most of the more than 160 different men’s adventure magazines published from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s never featured holiday-themed covers for Christmas or any other holidays. I guess…

A Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group Update…

Back in 2010, I created a Facebook group as a spinoff of this blog. It’s called the Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Group. Given the sometimes politically incorrect content in…

Model/Actress Eva Lynd and Photographer Earl Leaf: Together Again…

Over the past few years, it’s been my great pleasure to have an ongoing correspondence with model and actress Eva Lynd. I first became fascinated with Eva after learning that…

WILDCAT ADVENTURES presents killer Leopard Women and deadly tattooed Geishas…

I have a love-hate relationship with the men’s adventure magazine WILDCAT ADVENTURES. I love many of the gonzo stories you’ll find in it, like “DEATH ORGY OF THE LEOPARD WOMEN,”…

Talking with writer Paul Bishop about BARBARIANS ON BIKES…

EDITOR’S NOTE: When Wyatt Doyle and I got the idea for an art book featuring bikers and motorcycle gangs, we ran it by our friend Paul Bishop. In addition to…

BARBARIANS ON BIKES: BIKERS & MOTORCYCLE GANGS IN MEN’S PULP ADVENTURE MAGAZINES…

After a 3-month hiatus due to a day job project that kept me way too busy, I’m happy to be able to get back to doing new posts for the…

The art of torture and execution using honey-crazed hummingbirds, killer anteaters and big ass snakes!

In a previous post here, I showed a set of men’s pulp adventure magazine covers and interior illustrations with scenes depicting the use of various types of animals as instruments…