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…
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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…
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 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…
An interview with artist James Bama – Part 2…
AN UPDATE with new info from Brian M. Kane, author of the must-have book JAMES BAMA: AMERICAN REALIST … In April 2021, there was a discussion among members of the…
Bruce Minney, “The Man Who Painted Everything,” is now gone – but his artistic legacy will live on…
On August 5, 2013, the great illustration artist Bruce Minney passed away at age 84, about two months after suffering a major stroke. If you’re a regular reader of this…
Animals as instruments of torture: from real history to the surreal world of men’s pulp magazines…
Recently, I worked with Wyatt Doyle, my co-editor for the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! story anthology, to write another article for HORRORHOUND magazine about killer creature artwork and stories in…
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.…
Bruce Minney Interview, Part 3 – From battle scenes and biker babes to African violet pots…
In case you missed them, here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 of my interview with Bruce Minney, one of the top illustration artists who did cover and…