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Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America Paperback – May 30, 2004
- Print length512 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTaschen America Llc
- Publication dateMay 30, 2004
- Dimensions7.75 x 1.75 x 10 inches
- ISBN-103822825174
- ISBN-13978-3822825174
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- Publisher : Taschen America Llc; 1st Trade Edition (May 30, 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 512 pages
- ISBN-10 : 3822825174
- ISBN-13 : 978-3822825174
- Item Weight : 4.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.75 x 1.75 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,096,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,639 in Illustration and Graphic Design
- #4,025 in Pop Culture Art
- #7,596 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences
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Max Allan Collins is a New York Times bestselling author of original mysteries, a Shamus award winner and an experienced author of movie adaptions and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION was made into a major motion picture by Tom Hanks's production company, Playtone.
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Another great offering from Taschen.
The book (2008) is not one of the more recent oversized editions but more reader friendly at 7"
x 9". Bursting with full color cover and interior illustrations from hundred of Men's Adventure Magazines from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Exactly as described, exactly as delivered.
A bonus (or an interesting aside), the book features all the text in English, German and French. As this affords the author ample opportunity to show more artwork, I'm fine with this decision.
No dust jacket, but the description stated that as a possibility.
Money well spent.
Capital bliss.
Huzzah.
A few texts (in English, German and French!), which actually are really interesting, giving a broad perspective about this kind of litterature. But the vast majority of the book is only pulp covers, which is great as it leaves a real space for illustrations. The illustrations themselves are gorgeous, with all the main artists of the time (Eastman, Sanders...etc).
To sum up, clearly a book to have, above all at the prices at which it can be found these days.
Overall, glad I got this. Definitely is a conversation starter!
Barbershops were a male thorugh and through. The testoserone was thick. All conversation was sports, politics and juicy dirty jokes. A true introduction to adulthood for a young impressionable boy.
The best part was the stack of magazines. Men's magazines. Magazines I had never seen before with stories about faraway places and exotic adventure. Not to mention the girlie pictures.
This book brings it all back. Once again I was twelve, turning pages and reading stories that made me look at my father in a whole new way. Wow, was it great to be a man or what?
Man's Adventure focuses on the cover art of these great mags. Pity they didn't spend a few pages on the articles and the advertising.
Thanks Taschen for the mind trip, it was a great time to be a boy.
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In some ways, and I'm being deeply serious for a moment, these magazines pandered to a man's baser instincts and prejudices on a sexual and racist level as well as displaying a crude attitude towards nature as a dire threat. There's also a distinct homoerotic subtext to some of the pictures.
But mainly this is the funniest book I've -I can't say 'read, can I?- that I've seen for ages. The very crudity of the sexuality on display, the brutality, nature run rampant, are all absolutely hilarious when viewed with a modern perspective. I also defy any Frank Zappa fan to look at the cover showing a man attacked by weasels and boasting the words 'Weasels ripped my flesh' not to collapse laughing.
I particularly like the nature run rampant chapter: "Chewed to bits by giant turtles", "Flying rodents ripped my flesh" (flying -technically, gliding- rodents tend to be vegetarian), reptiles, rats, vultures, octopuses (yes, I know it's 'octopi'), fiendishly fanged gorillas, and so many more.
Oh all right, yes there are more women with big chests in various stages of undress than a normal person would want to count -busting out all over, to coin a phrase.
This is a wonderful book and an incredible bargain for price, so sit back and revisit a time when men were men, women were big and busty, and nature was red in tooth and claw and enjoy. And then give thanks we've progressed somewhat since those days.
Now if those nice people at Taschen would produce a companion volume devoted to pulp science fiction and horror magazines, I'd be happy as a pig in a muddy sty.