It's a Man's World

by Parfrey, Adam

• ISBN13: 9780922915811
• ISBN10: 0922915814
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Feral House

Summary

Man's Exploits, Rage, Escape to Adventure -- these were a few of the 35 cent magazines that helped veterans confront the confusion of jobs, girls and the Cold War after coming home from World War II. It's a Man's World looks back at the last great run of pop illustration, at least as brilliant as pulp's best. Contributions from Bruce Jay Friedman, Josh Alan Friedman and David Saunders help bring us inside the offices, showing us how the writers, illustrators, editors and publishers put together two decades of "armpit slicks." Original art from the notorious Mort Kunstler, Norman Saunders and Norm Eastman are featured within, and Bill Devine's annotated checklist of the many thousands of adventure magazines is essential for collectors of the genre. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

From Pulp to Posterity: The Origins of Men's Adventure Magazines	4	(8)
Even the Rhinos Were Nymphos	12	(8)
Throw `Em a Few Hot Words	20	(18)
The Illustrators	38	(4)
Norman Saunders and the Evolution of Men's Magazine Illustration	42	(6)
Illustrating for Men's Magazines	48	(4)
American History	52	(20)
War Against Nature	72	(38)
Exotica	110	(30)
World War II	140	(36)
The Sadistic Burlesque	176	(38)
The Cold War	214	(30)
The War Comes Home	244	(36)
Devine's Guide to Men's Adventure Magazines	280