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…

The 2019 Eva Lynd Calendar, featuring Eva in classic glamour girl photos & artwork…

In recent years, I’ve had the pleasure of becoming friends with actress model Eva Lynd. I started writing posts about her on this blog before I met her several years…

A look at our book: CUBA: SUGAR, SEX, AND SLAUGHTER…

CUBA: SUGAR, SEX, AND SLAUGHTER, in another one of the story and art anthologies in the Men’s Adventure Library series I co-edit with Wyatt Doyle. This one is a collection…

Eva Lynd and I make a guest appearance on IdolFeatures.com…

Recently, Chris Charles, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of IdolFeatures.com asked me if I’d like to do some guest posts on his website. I took some time to explore the site and…

Talking with Eva Lynd about Steve Holland, Al Rossi, Richard Deming’s “KILL AND RUN NUDE” and more…

Several years ago, I had the good fortune of becoming friends with Eva Lynd. As I’ve noted in previous posts on this blog, Eva worked as an actress in a…

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…

Funny text and image juxtapositions on “stripped” men’s adventure magazine covers…

I’d planned to take a few weeks off in September, but when Hurricane Irma hit the island where I live in the Florida Keys, it led to a much longer…

I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE! — the new Men’s Adventure Library book and first “Men’s Adventure Journal”

“I had a glimpse of a squirrel perched on his neck; it seemed funny as hell for a second.” That was the initial reaction of the main character in the…

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…

An interview with Paul Bishop: veteran detective, writer, editor and action/adventure maven…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul Bishop seems like he should be a fictional character in a novel like those he writes. He served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 35 years.…

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…