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“Weasels Ripped My Flesh” – From MAN’S LIFE magazine to the Mothers of...
My very first post on this blog, back in August of 2009, was about the magazine cover that sparked my initial fascination with men’s adventure magazines: the cover of the… The post “Weasels Ripped My...
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Some rare original Wil Hulsey “Good Girl Art” paintings from the Rich Oberg...
Last week, Rich Oberg noticed that I’d done a couple of recent posts about artist Wil Hulsey. So, he emailed me photos of some original Hulsey cover paintings he owns.… The post Some rare original Wil...
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Risque Rebel Belles and Hot Yankee Spies: artist Wil Hulsey’s sexy Civil War...
Although artist Wil Hulsey may be best known for the animal attack cover paintings he created for vintage men’s adventure magazines, especially his famed “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” cover, he… The post...
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Inside MAN’S LIFE, September 1956 – from sin happy vacationers to...
In recent posts, I featured cover paintings by artist Wil Hulsey, starting with his famous “WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH” cover from the September 1956 issue of Man’s Life. Tonight’s post… The post Inside...
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More artwork by Norm Eastman, Basil Gogos, Norman Saunders and Earl Norem...
It’s only natural that many fans of the vintage men’s adventure magazines are also fans of horror mags, movies and books. So, when I was asked to write an article… The post More artwork by Norm...
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Some classic “killer creature” covers on men’s pulp adventure magazines…
From the early 1950s to the early ‘60s, men’s pulp adventure magazines regularly featured cover paintings showing bloody confrontations between humans and various types of land and sea creatures. I…...
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Men’s adventure magazine covers that stoked “ophidiophobia” (and some...
Most species of snakes are harmless. Relatively few people, at least in the United States, ever have personal encounters with snakes that pose a real threat to humans. Nonetheless, many… The post Men’s...
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Killer elephants, tigers, snakes and lobsters?…Oh yeah!
Last year, I co-wrote an article about “killer creature” man vs. animal themed stories in vintage men’s adventure magazines for HORRORHOUND, a nicely-produced periodical about horror and science...
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The “killer creature” animal attack covers of MAN’S LIFE magazine…
For many collectors of vintage men’s pulp adventure magazines, issues that feature cover paintings with “killer creature” animal attack scenes are among the most highly prized. And, some of the… The...
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Happy Mothers Day – and thanks to head Mother Frank Zappa for my men’s...
Naturally I think about my late mother every Mother’s Day. This year on Mother’s Day, in addition to thinking about Mom, I’ve been working on a new book collecting men’s… The post Happy Mothers Day –...
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