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The WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! book is now available...
I’m pleased to be able to announce that WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! — the world’s first modern anthology of vintage men’s pulp adventure magazine stories — is now available on Amazon.com. It was...
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In search of the mysterious pulp illustration artist Peter Poulton...
Recently, while putting away some old magazines I bought on eBay, I focused on one that sent me on a quest that lasted for several weeks — and is still ongoing. It was the January 1965 issue of MAN TO...
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Pulp illustration artist Peter Poulton – an update on his bio and his work...
In my previous post, I explained how a cover painting on the January 1965 issue of MAN TO MAN magazine led me on a hunt for information about the now nearly-forgotten pulp illustration artist Peter...
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BUD COLBERT – part men’s pulp adventure, part Doctor Who, all good fun...
Many of the talented people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting through writing this blog and hosting the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group are writers and artists. One of them is Troy Lowe. Troy...
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Norman Baer: another men’s adventure magazine artist who deserves wider...
Not long ago I did a couple of posts about Peter Poulton, an artist who has been ranked as one the best pulp illustration artists of the 1950s but is now virtually forgotten. Recently, I started...
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Norman Baer’s noir-flavored artwork for CAVALIER magazine...
The late Norman Baer was one of many highly-talented illustration artists who worked for men’s adventure magazines during part of their careers. As noted in the previous post here, Baer created artwork...
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Eva Lynd vs. The Nazis (and various other bad guys) in Norm Eastman’s classic...
During the decades when men’s adventure magazines were being published, Eva Lynd was best known as an actress and a glamour photography model. In the late 1950s, she was a frequent guest on the THE...
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Eva Lynd vs. The Nazis (and various other bad guys) - Part 2, updated...
AN EXCITING UPDATE ABOUT EVA LYND: I originally uploaded this post in 2012. At the time, I noted that I wasn’t sure if Eva Lynd was still alive. A few days ago, I was thrilled to receive an email from...
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Eva Lynd vs. “The Tattoo Gang” and evil Nazis, in vintage cover paintings by...
A few weeks ago I got an email about some previous posts I’d done on my blog about actress and model Eva Lynd. It said: “Hi Robert - I am well, alive and living in Hollywood. I just read all...
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Glamour girl Eva Lynd and artist Al Rossi: together again...
To men’s adventure magazine collectors, Eva Lynd is best known — by sight if not by name — as a favorite model of artist Norm Eastman. She appeared on many of the classic cover paintings Eastman...
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Animals as instruments of torture: from real history to the surreal world of...
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...
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BATTLE CRY, December 1955: the classic first issue of a long-running men’s...
Memorial Day is a day to remember and honor the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. But it also makes me think of my late father, Robert Carl Deis, who served in the...
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RAGE magazine, January 1963, featuring a whip-mad sheik, a Beatnik brothel,...
RAGE is one of my favorite low-budget men’s pulp magazines, though I have always been a bit puzzled by its name. Was it supposed to appeal to some subset of guys who were really angry? I don’t know....
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Robert A. Maguire’s “Leopard Woman” – another pulp art treasure from SPORT...
(Post updated June 15, 2013 with additional text and artwork.) Robert A. Maguire, often credited as R.A. Maguire, was among the best and most famous of many talented illustration artists who did...
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MAN’S STORY, Feb. 1963: the good, the so-bad-it’s-good, and the gonzo (Part...
One of the most common words I see associated with men’s pulp adventure magazines published in the 1950s and 1960s is lurid. The Oxford English Dictionary defines that word as “presented in vividly...
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MAN’S STORY, Feb. 1963: the good, the so-bad-it’s-good, and the gonzo (Part...
My previous post here featured stories from the February 1963 issue of MAN’S STORY that were illustrated by three of the great pulp illustration artists who worked for men’s pulp adventure magazines in...
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Bruce Minney, “The Man Who Painted Everything,” is now gone – but his...
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 blog, you know that Bruce was...
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More Bruce Minney paintings featured on the History Channel’s “American...
On the evening of August 5th, 2013, the History Channel’s “American Pickers” TV series aired an episode of particular interest to fans of men’s pulp adventure magazines. In it, the show’s stars, Mike...
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Meanwhile, over on the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! Facebook page...
Earlier this year, when we published the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! anthology of men’s adventure magazine stories, my multitalented co-editor Wyatt Doyle also launched the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH!...
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Eva Lynd…Illustration art model, glamour photo model, actress and more…
This year, I’ve had the great pleasure and honor of getting to know Eva Lynd, one of the most multifaceted glamour girls of the 1950s and 1960s. Eva contacted me about six months ago, after I’d done a...
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