Men's Magazines
Bruno Cattivabrutto
of the 1950s: http://www.menspulpmags.com/
P. Lozito
wrote:
> This site posts cover shots from the various men's adventure magazines
> of the 1950s:http://www.menspulpmags.com/
Nice, but those have long been known as"sweats" and have nothing to do
with pulps.
The Loser
--------Actually many collectors have put forth the argument that the
men's adventure magazines(or "sweats"), succeeded the pulps and thus
are part of the pulp genre and tradition. Adventure magazine for
instance went from pulp to men's adventure and so did Argosy. And of
course many collectors also insist that the men's adventure are a
complete break and not pulps at all. I see enough of a connection for
this subject to not be considered off topic.
-----Walker Martin.
Chuck C.
Hi Walter,
I would tend to agree. Many of the stories of one of the pulpiest
of pulp authors, Mickey Spillane, were pubished in CAVALIER.
Best,
CC
P. Lozito
I don't it's OT. I just would like to see the right term
used.Paperback originals succeed the pulps too but have their own
desigantion. Noone would call a paperback a pulp.
Pulps were fiction, with certain dimensions. Some pulps went digest,
but nobody calls digest "pulps."
Let's not add to the confusion or pretty soon EVERYTHING will be
called a pulp!
cujokey
I'm the author of the www.MensPulpMags.com blog. I'm interested in
your discussion and would like to join it and add my thoughts if you
don't mind. As you may know, a number of terms have been used to
describe the men's magazine genre you're talking about. The most
common one I've seen is "men's adventure magazines." The terms "armpit
sweats" and "sweats" are also used. They are also commonly referred to
as "the postwar pulp magazines" (to distinguish them from the pre-WWII
pulp magazines). Indeed, that term is used in the title of one of the
two most authoritative books about the genre - It’s a Man’s World:
Men’s Adventure Magazines, The Postwar Pulps (by Adam Parfrey). The
other major book about the genre - Men's Adventure Magazines in
Postwar America by Max Allan Collins and George Hagenauer - also
refers to them as pulp magazines. And, if you do a Google search using
the phrase (in quotes) "men's pulp magazines," you will find many uses
of that term to refer to men's adventure magazines. I think the term
"men's pulp magazines" is used and appropriate for a number of
reasons: they were generally printed on pulp paper; their wild art and
stories had the flavor of pre-war pulp magazines; many of the writers
involved also published "pulp fiction" novels and stories; many of the
pre-war pulp artists also painted covers for the post-war men's
adventure magazines; and, the term "men's pulps" distinguishes them
from the "men's slicks" such as Playboy, Penthouse, etc. When I was
naming my site, I thought about using www.MensAdventureMags.com and I
bought that domain name. However, since that URL is longer to type --
and because I thought pre-war pulp mag fans might be interested in my
blog, I decided to use www.MensPulpMags.com. If I get enough readers
on that blog, I plan to use www.MensAdventureMags.com for a stationary
website that archives covers and other info about the genre. Best
regards to those of you who are fans of the men's adventure magazines,
like me. Regardless of which term you prefer to describe them, I hope
you enjoy my Men's Pulp Mags blog.
- SubtropicBob
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The Loser
> your discussion and would like to join it and add my thoughts if you
> don't mind. As you may know, a number of terms have been used to
> describe the men's magazine genre you're talking about. The most
> common one I've seen is "men's adventure magazines." The terms "armpit
> sweats" and "sweats" are also used. They are also commonly referred to
> as "the postwar pulp magazines" (to distinguish them from the pre-WWII
> pulp magazines). Indeed, that term is used in the title of one of the
> two most authoritative books about the genre - It’s a Man’s World:
> Men’s Adventure Magazines, The Postwar Pulps (by Adam Parfrey). The
> other major book about the genre - Men's Adventure Magazines in
> Postwar America by Max Allan Collins and George Hagenauer - also
> refers to them as pulp magazines. And, if you do a Google search using
> the phrase (in quotes) "men's pulp magazines," you will find many uses
> of that term to refer to men's adventure magazines. I think the term
> "men's pulp magazines" is used and appropriate for a number of
> reasons: they were generally printed on pulp paper; their wild art and
> stories had the flavor of pre-war pulp magazines; many of the writers
> involved also published "pulp fiction" novels and stories; many of the
> pre-war pulp artists also painted covers for the post-war men's
> adventure magazines; and, the term "men's pulps" distinguishes them
> from the "men's slicks" such as Playboy, Penthouse, etc. When I was
> bought that domain name. However, since that URL is longer to type --
> and because I thought pre-war pulp mag fans might be interested in my
> on that blog, I plan to usewww.MensAdventureMags.comfor a stationary
>
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--------------I collect pulps, paperbacks, digests, and men's
adventure and of course would like to see them referred by their
proper names instead of just "pulp". But the trend seems to be to
include all these types of magazines under the pulp category. I run
into this all the time, even with romance paperbacks being referred to
as pulp. There is one website pulpoftheday.com that sends out a daily
pulp cover by email and they include all categories such as pulp,
paperback, digest, and men's adventure. I see pulp as an approximately
7 by 10 inch pulp paper fiction magazine issued during the first part
of the 20th century, 1900 through 1955. However original paperbacks,
digests and men's adventure are often referred to as pulp, whether we
like it or not.
I no longer try and explain what a pulp is to a non-collector. The
last time I tried explaining, the lady said "Oh, you mean you it's
some type of health food".
-----Walker Martin.
P. Lozito
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I think it's worh explaining (by the way, in a previous post I meant:
"I don't THINK it's OT....")!
If everything under the sun is called "pulp" then the true meaning of
pulp is devalued.
I once read somebody wrongly say "Motown artists like Aretha
Franklin." Sure, both are soul, but both aren't the same.
I don't want to be presented with romance paperbacks or sweats when I
ask a vendor for pulps.