Last week I had a fun conversation with writer and musician Josh Alan Friedman, talking about his father and Magazine Management, the company owned by Martin Goodman that published some…
Talking with Josh Alan Friedman about Mario Puzo, men’s pulp magazines and Marvel Comics
Cover artist Stanley Borack – from Jivaro headhunters to Jaws
In my previous post, I featured a cool shrunken head cover by the great artist Wally Richards (aka Walter Dubois Richards). The headhunter story Richards’ cover art was done for…
Artist Walter DuBois Richards’ shrunken head masterpiece for Men magazine
Headhunters and shrunken heads were popular topics in men’s adventure magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. In a recent post, I featured a wild “head on a stick” headhunter…
Dr. David M. Earle on men’s magazines – and “Monkey Madness”
In the weeks since I posted my January interview with Dr. David M. Earle — author the groundbreaking book about Ernest Hemingway and 1950s men’s magazines, titled All Man!— David…
Getting ahead in life with men’s adventure magazines
Yes, I know, given the woman’s head on the stick on the cover of the February 1958 issue of For Men Only magazine (shown at left), the title I used…
Josh Alan Friedman relates his inside knowledge of men’s adventure magazines
I’m a bit envious of Josh Alan Friedman for several reasons. His father was Bruce Jay Friedman, who – prior to becoming a world famous novelist, screenwriter and playwright –…
An interview with David M. Earle, author of the new book All Man! Hemingway…
All Man!, by Dr. David M. Earle, is a fascinating new book that provides a unique perspective on men’s adventure magazines. It traces the evolution of Ernest Hemingway’s giant-size public…
Man vs. Octopus – “Cephalopods Ripped my Flesh!”
I know that an octopus is a generally shy creature that is very unlikely to attack a human. But when I was a kid in the 1950s, some of my…
A look at some of the notable writers published in men’s adventure magazines
In addition to having great painted covers and interior artwork by some of the top illustrators of the era, the best men’s adventure magazines had articles and stories by many…