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03/12/2026

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Victor Prezio (1924-1976) was a very prolific pulp artist best known for his work illustrating Men’s Adventure Magazines...
03/11/2026

Victor Prezio (1924-1976) was a very prolific pulp artist best known for his work illustrating Men’s Adventure Magazines. Prezio was a very versatile artist, with covers for Famous Monsters of Filmland that rival even Basil Gogos. Enjoy.

Happy pub day to our good friend Terrance Layhew (.author)!We had the pleasure of coming on his podcast a while back — a...
03/10/2026

Happy pub day to our good friend Terrance Layhew (.author)!
We had the pleasure of coming on his podcast a while back — and we’re proud to have encouraged him to write "Bodice and Blades." Grab a copy.

Starting the week strong with some Samson Pollen (1931-2018). He started his career in the 1950s, illustrating pulp pape...
03/09/2026

Starting the week strong with some Samson Pollen (1931-2018). He started his career in the 1950s, illustrating pulp paperback covers. But it was for the Men’s Adventure Magazines that his career really flourished. His evocative style with dutch angles and almost painting in a forced perspective gives a real sense of action, and a 3-D feel to his art. After Men’s Mags declined in popularity and gravitated towards photographs rather than illustrations, Pollen returned to painting paperbacks, which he did until the 1990s. Bob Deis () and Wyatt Doyle have a few books featuring his art, Pollen’s Women and Pollen’s Action — check 'em out! menspulpmags.com

Happy Friday, everyone. I never knew Mickey Mantle was a spokesman for Natty Light. "If I knew I was going to live this ...
03/06/2026

Happy Friday, everyone. I never knew Mickey Mantle was a spokesman for Natty Light. "If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." - Mickey Mantle. Legend.

Hey, man. Little help? Art by for the cover of "The Frogmen" issue number 9.
03/05/2026

Hey, man. Little help?
Art by for the cover of "The Frogmen" issue number 9.

I love the guy on the left, just out of his gourd, playing the bongos on a beat up mattress. Art by for the story "The...
03/04/2026

I love the guy on the left, just out of his gourd, playing the bongos on a beat up mattress. Art by for the story "The Boss's Play Around Girl" in For Men Only Magazine -1971

That’s when Jill realized the budget hostel was a mistake. Art by
03/03/2026

That’s when Jill realized the budget hostel was a mistake. Art by

Greetings from New Jersey. Art by for the story, "Fight Or Freeze In Murmansk" for Male Magazine 1959 -
02/23/2026

Greetings from New Jersey. Art by for the story, "Fight Or Freeze In Murmansk" for Male Magazine 1959 -

Weekend plans. Art by
02/20/2026

Weekend plans. Art by

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

Some more reference photos. The first one is the artist Bernie Safran. He often posed for his own reference photos, prob...
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.

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