The Bruce Minney Interview– Part 2: “Sweat Magazines,” paperbacks and beyond…

In the first part of my interview with Bruce Minney, he told me how he got started doing cover and interior art for men’s adventure magazines in 1955, after linking…

Visiting Rich Oberg, the Dean of Men’s Adventure Magazines…

Recently, I had the great pleasure of visiting men’s adventure magazine art expert and collector Rich Oberg at his home in Tennessee. Original artwork and magazines from Rich’s collection are…

Final Sale on the 2022 Eva Lynd Calendar

At PulpFest 2021, when Wyatt Doyle and I gave our talk about Eva Lynd, the legendary artist’s model, pinup model, and actress, we released THE AUTHORIZED 2022 EVA LYND CALENDAR.…

ONE MAN ARMY: THE ACTION PAPERBACK ART OF GIL COHEN — our latest book…

Artist Gil Cohen is one of the towering figures in several art realms. In recent decades he has established himself as one of the world’s premier military aviation artists. His…

Men’s adventure magazine art used for album covers and spoofs…

In the Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook group, members sometimes post interesting examples of artwork from vintage men’s adventure magazines (MAMs) recycled for other purposes. One of my favorite…

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…

Weasels ripped my flesh! And hooked me on men’s adventure magazines.

About 15 years ago, I was listening to a CD reissue of Frank Zappa’s WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH album. It sparked a flashback to the day in 1970 when I…