Earl Norem (1924 – 2015) is the bridge between men’s adventure magazines and comic book art. The guy painted for everything pop culture; men’s mags, comic books, pulp paperbacks, movie posters, toy packaging, and even programs for the New York Yankees. He was born on April 17, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York. During World War… Continue reading Pulp Artists: Earl Norem — From Men’s Mags to Marvel
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Men’s Adventure Quarterly and the New Pulp Renaissance
When we first started American Pulps, we were kicking around ideas for our zine. Like I’ve said in previous articles, we both knew we wanted to write pulp fiction, but we wanted to “niche down” a bit, with pulp fiction being a broad catchall genre. We were at John’s house and he pulled out Bob… Continue reading Men’s Adventure Quarterly and the New Pulp Renaissance
Beautiful Horrific Images: The Art of Basil Gogos
Basil Gogos (1929 – 2017) was born in Egypt to Greek parents. His family emigrated to America when he was 16. Not long after arriving in America; Gogos pursued a career in art, attending multiple art schools in New York City. In 1959 he won a Pocket Books competition to illustrate the cover for Pursuit, a… Continue reading Beautiful Horrific Images: The Art of Basil Gogos
Horror Pulps and Weird Tales
A while back one of our former Instagram followers announced his displeasure that we were posting art from Men’s Adventure Magazines. “There’s more to pulp fiction than manly man magazines” he said. He then listed horror pulps like, Weird Tales and Eerie Stories before unfollowing us and leaving our lives forever. If he only stuck… Continue reading Horror Pulps and Weird Tales
The Godfather: From Mens Mags to the Big Screen
You can’t deny the influence Mario Puzo’s The Godfather had on future creators who in turn became our influences here at American Pulps. I read The Godfather when I was in college and I loved it. But it wasn’t until much later that I found out the 1969 novel was also published in the pages… Continue reading The Godfather: From Mens Mags to the Big Screen
Other websites (and books) to check out
….if you like our shit. We will be updating this as we go: Men’s Pulp Mags – Robert Deis aka Subtropic Bob With a lot of the pictures we post people ask us all the time, ‘where can I get this?’ Who is the artist? Etc, etc. Well the answer is usually you can get it on Bob’s website,… Continue reading Other websites (and books) to check out
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
These are some of our favorite Men’s Mag covers. They usually have a shirtless man sometimes accompanied by a woman in varying states of undress getting attacked by a wild animal in some desolate location. It’s really everything you want. You don’t need to read the story, you already know, dude’s fucked. There’s no way… Continue reading Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Inspirational Stuff: Stephen King’s Night Shift
Most of our articles are going to be about what inspires our work here at American Pulps, the rest will be drink recipes. This isn’t a drink recipe. I wasn’t a huge Stephen King fan as a kid, probably because I tried to read The Shining in 8th Grade for a book report in English… Continue reading Inspirational Stuff: Stephen King’s Night Shift