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We're a throwback to the mid-century men's adventure magazines and pulp paperbacks with a contempora

01/05/2026

Back to work, everybody. This is by Samson Pollen for the story 'Terror Heist On The Street Of Diamonds’ in For Men Only magazine (1972).

01/02/2026

Some more reference photos. The first one is the artist Bernie Safran. He often posed for his own reference photos, probably because it was easier than hiring a model. The other two seem to be photographs that the other artists just used as a reference point (or even manipulated like an early form of Photoshop). I don't know the artists for those, but the woman in the doorway is Elke Sommer, and the one singing is Abbe Lane.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year, everyone. Here are some Baby New Year illustrations from Joseph Christian Leyendecker. Leyendecker did these for the Saturday Evening Post over the span of about 30 years. Here's a few.

12/31/2025

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone.

12/30/2025

Some interesting articles in this magazine from 1934. Art by

12/29/2025

Austin Briggs (September 8, 1908 – October 10, 1973) Born in Humboldt, Minnesota and grew up in Detroit, Michigan before moving to NYC to work as an illustrator. He started out working for a few ad agencies before illustrating for the pulp mag, Blue Book. He was assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on the Flash Gordon series and did a lot of work for the Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other magazines in the 50s and 60s.

12/26/2025

OK one last Christmas themed post and then we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming. Have a great weekend everyone.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas, everyone. Here's some festive Saturday Evening Post covers.
1. Norman Rockwell - 1922
2. George Hughes - 1949
3. Stevan Dohanos - 1950
4. John Falter - 1951
5. Stevan Dohanos - 1952
6. Richard Sargent - 1955
7. George Hughes - 1956
8. Ben Kimberly Prins - 1958
9. Richard Sargent - 1959
10. George Hughes - 1960

12/24/2025

People credit Haddon Sundblom's version of Santa Claus for Coca-Cola as the creator of the Santa Claus look we all recognize. But J.C. Leyendecker definitely had that look down before Sundblom's first Coke ad in 1931. I know Leyendecker didn't create this version either, but Saturday Evening Post was in most US households at this time - possibly more prevalent than the Coke ads. But what do I know? By the way, have a great Christmas Eve, everyone.

12/23/2025

I forgot I had these. Reference photos next to the pinup painting. These ones are all by Gil Elvgren, and we have a lot more on our website.

12/22/2025

Here are some Christmas-y / winter / present themed pinups for you guys.

12/19/2025

It's the last weekend to get some Christmas shopping in. Here are some for any last minute ideas (like... spoons for instance). Have a great weekend. Cheers.

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American Pulps channels the unhinged lunacy of the post war men’s magazines that influenced everything from Film Noir to 80s Action flicks. We bring you the very best in Neo-Pulp Fiction. Our work is jam packed with hardboiled crime, sci-fi, horror, and two fi**ed glory.