Bob Deis
@bobdeis.bsky.social
I’m a #pulp culture historian who focuses on vintage men’s adventures magazines and paperbacks. I co-edit the Men’s Adventure Library book series, the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine and the ART OF RON LESSER book series. My website is MensPulpMags.com.
R.I.P. Brigitte Bardot... Here's a painting my friend Ron Lesser did of Bardot in 1968 for the cover of the novel ISLE FOR A STRANGER, next to a page from the book THE ART OF RON LESSER, Vol. 1 (amzn.to/45XR6sq), which I co-edited with Ron, Bill Cunningham and J. Kingston Pierce.
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
R.I.P. Brigitte Bardot... Here's a painting my friend Ron Lesser did of Bardot in 1968 for the cover of the novel ISLE FOR A STRANGER, next to a page from the book THE ART OF RON LESSER, Vol. 1 (amzn.to/45XR6sq), which I co-edited with Ron, Bill Cunningham and J. Kingston Pierce.
Here's a post for fellow dog lovers on my This Day in Quotes blog... www.thisdayinquotes.com/2025/12/love...
“Love me, love my dog.”
In the Catholic religion, August 20 is the Feast Day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a medieval French monk who died on that date in 1153 A.D. I’m not a…
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December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here's a post for fellow dog lovers on my This Day in Quotes blog... www.thisdayinquotes.com/2025/12/love...
I got the best Christmas present. My wife BJ was declared cancer free by her doctors at the Miami Cancer Institute, after a year of chemo, Keytruda infusions, surgery and radiation for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I hope you all get a gift that great at some point in your life. Merry Christmas!
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I got the best Christmas present. My wife BJ was declared cancer free by her doctors at the Miami Cancer Institute, after a year of chemo, Keytruda infusions, surgery and radiation for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I hope you all get a gift that great at some point in your life. Merry Christmas!
"Rudolph Ripped My Flesh!" — on my imaginary Christmas edition of SPORT LIFE, December 1955. (Scan via the Men's Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group-> bit.ly/mensadventureFB.)
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Rudolph Ripped My Flesh!" — on my imaginary Christmas edition of SPORT LIFE, December 1955. (Scan via the Men's Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group-> bit.ly/mensadventureFB.)
Another one of my spoof men’s adventure magazine Christmas covers -- ADVENTURE, August 1957. You can see more in my blog post at this link -> www.menspulpmags.com/ho-ho-ho-men...
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Another one of my spoof men’s adventure magazine Christmas covers -- ADVENTURE, August 1957. You can see more in my blog post at this link -> www.menspulpmags.com/ho-ho-ho-men...
Here's a link to Christmas humor post on my blog about men's adventure magazines. Happy Hollydaze! bit.ly/3YHyElY
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas, men's adventure mag style... - The Men's Adventure Magazines Blog
Spread the word Picking an exact number of MAM titles is complicated. Some men’s periodicals changed their titles during part of their runs. Some evolved (or devolved) from the classic…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here's a link to Christmas humor post on my blog about men's adventure magazines. Happy Hollydaze! bit.ly/3YHyElY
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The 1977 and (at right) 1989 editions of Usborne's All About Monsters... I wonder which has better cover art? :) The book was re-released in 2021 with a foreword by Robin Ince. I published this on it in 2019... tetzoo.com/blog/2019/4/... #monsters #books #kidsbooks
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The 1977 and (at right) 1989 editions of Usborne's All About Monsters... I wonder which has better cover art? :) The book was re-released in 2021 with a foreword by Robin Ince. I published this on it in 2019... tetzoo.com/blog/2019/4/... #monsters #books #kidsbooks
Ron Lesser, a top illustration artist since the '60s, is still painting. Bill Cunningham and I are currently working with Ron on the third volume in THE ART OF RON LESSER book series (amzn.to/4dgRchX). It will showcase Ron's action/adventure paperback covers and some of his recent artwork like this.
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ron Lesser, a top illustration artist since the '60s, is still painting. Bill Cunningham and I are currently working with Ron on the third volume in THE ART OF RON LESSER book series (amzn.to/4dgRchX). It will showcase Ron's action/adventure paperback covers and some of his recent artwork like this.
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Real Things Made By Real people Part #86:
MEET THE SHRIVELWOODS: 2 humorous Gothic Romance stories about Vermont's most eccentric and bizarre family. A 40 page chapbook that's a cross between a book and a zine.
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#books #gothic #gothicromance #goth #romance #horror
MEET THE SHRIVELWOODS: 2 humorous Gothic Romance stories about Vermont's most eccentric and bizarre family. A 40 page chapbook that's a cross between a book and a zine.
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#books #gothic #gothicromance #goth #romance #horror
MEET THE SHRIVELWOODS from kekw
MEET THE SHRIVELWOODS from kekw
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December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Real Things Made By Real people Part #86:
MEET THE SHRIVELWOODS: 2 humorous Gothic Romance stories about Vermont's most eccentric and bizarre family. A 40 page chapbook that's a cross between a book and a zine.
kekw.bandcamp.com/merch/meet-t...
#books #gothic #gothicromance #goth #romance #horror
MEET THE SHRIVELWOODS: 2 humorous Gothic Romance stories about Vermont's most eccentric and bizarre family. A 40 page chapbook that's a cross between a book and a zine.
kekw.bandcamp.com/merch/meet-t...
#books #gothic #gothicromance #goth #romance #horror
I just noticed Mort Kunstler's official online store still has some copies of the softcover edition of MORT KÜNSTLER: THE GODFATHER OF PULP FICTION ILLUSTRATORS that were signed by Mort before he passed away in February. They're the last signed copies available. I was honored to co-edit it.
Mort Kunstler - The Godfather of Pulp Fiction Illustrators
✯ ✯ Now Available in Hardcover and Signed Softcover ✯ ✯ Book on Mort Künstler’s Men’s Adventure ArtMort Künstler: The Godfather of Pulp Fiction is the first book to showcase the original cover paintin...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just noticed Mort Kunstler's official online store still has some copies of the softcover edition of MORT KÜNSTLER: THE GODFATHER OF PULP FICTION ILLUSTRATORS that were signed by Mort before he passed away in February. They're the last signed copies available. I was honored to co-edit it.
Ho! Ho! Ho! This is my imaginary Santa-cized version of the cover of I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE!, our book collecting classic men’s adventure magazine “killer creatures" stories and artwork. The real cover is shown next to it. You can get a copy via Amazon (amzn.to/2uqXKFv) or MensPulpMags.com.
December 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ho! Ho! Ho! This is my imaginary Santa-cized version of the cover of I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE!, our book collecting classic men’s adventure magazine “killer creatures" stories and artwork. The real cover is shown next to it. You can get a copy via Amazon (amzn.to/2uqXKFv) or MensPulpMags.com.
A thousand thanks to podcaster and retromedia maven Jules Burt for featuring issue #13 of the MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine I co-edit with Bill Cunningham in his December Reviews Roundup video. MAQ #13 is now available via Amazon worldwide…
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Reviews Round Up December 2025 - Men's Adventure Quarterly - Phantasmagoria - Fantastic Detective
YouTube video by Jules Burt
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December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A thousand thanks to podcaster and retromedia maven Jules Burt for featuring issue #13 of the MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine I co-edit with Bill Cunningham in his December Reviews Roundup video. MAQ #13 is now available via Amazon worldwide…
youtu.be/-mWjovPY3As
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New Essex House has been reprinting some classic, nearly forgotten counterculture novels from the ‘60s and ‘70s. One is Jane Gallion's novel STONED (amzn.to/4a5gqlt), first published in 1969. Kudos to NEH publisher Howard Griggs for bringing this underground erotic masterpiece back into the world.
Stoned (NEH E-Series Book 9)
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December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New Essex House has been reprinting some classic, nearly forgotten counterculture novels from the ‘60s and ‘70s. One is Jane Gallion's novel STONED (amzn.to/4a5gqlt), first published in 1969. Kudos to NEH publisher Howard Griggs for bringing this underground erotic masterpiece back into the world.
A Samson Pollen illustration from FOR MEN ONLY, May 1966. You can see many more in our books POLLEN'S WOMEN (amzn.to/440cDRv), POLLEN'S ACTION (amzn.to/49lA3BI) and POLLEN IN PRINT: 1955-1959 (amzn.to/4agDGu7), available via Amazon, BudsArtBooks.com and MensPulpMags.com.
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A Samson Pollen illustration from FOR MEN ONLY, May 1966. You can see many more in our books POLLEN'S WOMEN (amzn.to/440cDRv), POLLEN'S ACTION (amzn.to/49lA3BI) and POLLEN IN PRINT: 1955-1959 (amzn.to/4agDGu7), available via Amazon, BudsArtBooks.com and MensPulpMags.com.
In addition to being available on Amazon worldwide, the MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #13 — the “Fatal Femmes” issue — is now available directly from me via my online bookstore (www.menspulpmags.com/bookstore/) or eBay (www.ebay.com/itm/19793116...).
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In addition to being available on Amazon worldwide, the MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #13 — the “Fatal Femmes” issue — is now available directly from me via my online bookstore (www.menspulpmags.com/bookstore/) or eBay (www.ebay.com/itm/19793116...).
The Pearl Harbor anniversary always reminds me of the fact-based story written by my late friend Robert F. Dorr, "Yank Ace Who Battled the Japs Over Pearl Harbor." It's included in our collection of Bob's classic men's adventure magazine stories, A HANDFUL OF HELL (amzn.to/2DSeEDQ).
December 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Pearl Harbor anniversary always reminds me of the fact-based story written by my late friend Robert F. Dorr, "Yank Ace Who Battled the Japs Over Pearl Harbor." It's included in our collection of Bob's classic men's adventure magazine stories, A HANDFUL OF HELL (amzn.to/2DSeEDQ).
Frank Loesser's song “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” made that phrase famous. Few people knew he was quoting Lieutenant Howell Forgy, Chaplain of the USS New Orleans. Forgy said those words to his shipmates on December 7, 1941 during the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor.
“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!”
On December 7, 1941 — which President Franklin D. Roosevelt would memorably name “a date which will live in infamy” on the following day — hundreds of Japanese warplanes made a…
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December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Frank Loesser's song “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” made that phrase famous. Few people knew he was quoting Lieutenant Howell Forgy, Chaplain of the USS New Orleans. Forgy said those words to his shipmates on December 7, 1941 during the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor.
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My latest Substack newsletter is live. A few words on the brilliance that is Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel HARD RAIN FALLING.
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Hard Rain Falling
I was in a Berlin bookshop recently and noticed a brand spanking new Penguin Modern Classics edition of Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel Hard Rain Falling. I don’t know who is overseeing the cover design on...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My latest Substack newsletter is live. A few words on the brilliance that is Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel HARD RAIN FALLING.
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On today's date in 2018 artist Samson Pollen passed away at age 87. I’m honored to have co-edited three books featuring Sam’s men’s adventure mag artwork with him and Wyatt Doyle: POLLEN'S WOMEN (amzn.to/2C1GoTf) and POLLEN'S ACTION (amzn.to/2CYA3Mb) and POLLEN IN PRINT: 1955-1959 (amzn.to/3wE3Y7R)
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On today's date in 2018 artist Samson Pollen passed away at age 87. I’m honored to have co-edited three books featuring Sam’s men’s adventure mag artwork with him and Wyatt Doyle: POLLEN'S WOMEN (amzn.to/2C1GoTf) and POLLEN'S ACTION (amzn.to/2CYA3Mb) and POLLEN IN PRINT: 1955-1959 (amzn.to/3wE3Y7R)
From our anthology WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! (amzn.to/3Zps7Ow) …This story in MAN'S LIFE, June 1971 shows a guy being attacked by a pack of Javelinas. But the magazine editor who wrote the caption either didn't read the story or figured nobody would notice they weren’t “snarling, crazed foxes.” ;-)
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
From our anthology WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! (amzn.to/3Zps7Ow) …This story in MAN'S LIFE, June 1971 shows a guy being attacked by a pack of Javelinas. But the magazine editor who wrote the caption either didn't read the story or figured nobody would notice they weren’t “snarling, crazed foxes.” ;-)
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There were really three sides to the question: my side, your side, and the right side
Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
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Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
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November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There were really three sides to the question: my side, your side, and the right side
Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
quoteinvestigator.com/2025/11/30/r...
Who said this in 1894: Arthur Brisbane? Wray Hunt? Dorothy Maddox?
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Thanks to NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Reasoner for writing an in-depth review of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #13, the “Fatal Femmes” issue, and for letting me repost it on my blog — along with scans of the pages showing the stories he mentioned. Here’s a link to the post…
MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #13, the “Fatal Femmes” issue - The Men's Adventure Magazines Blog
Spread the wordEDITOR’S NOTE: Instead of writing my own preview of the latest issue of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY, which I co-edit with Bill Cunningham, I’m reprinting the review of…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thanks to NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Reasoner for writing an in-depth review of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #13, the “Fatal Femmes” issue, and for letting me repost it on my blog — along with scans of the pages showing the stories he mentioned. Here’s a link to the post…
RIP Tom Stoppard. I’ve been a fan of his since the ‘60s. I especially love his play ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, later adapted into a great film starring Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, the movie SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, which he scripted, and the Terry Gilliam movie BRAZIL, which he co-wrote.
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Tom Stoppard is remembered as a playwright whose wit and curiosity reshaped modern theater.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
RIP Tom Stoppard. I’ve been a fan of his since the ‘60s. I especially love his play ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, later adapted into a great film starring Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, the movie SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, which he scripted, and the Terry Gilliam movie BRAZIL, which he co-wrote.
I recently read DIAMONDS IN DENVER by Terrance Layhew (amzn.to/43ZFPJs), his second novella featuring former World War I pilot Mitch Mayhew. Like the first one, UNWANTED PASSENGER, it's a fun, well-written pulp style adventure yarn that I enjoyed and highly recommend. Kudos to @tlayhew.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I recently read DIAMONDS IN DENVER by Terrance Layhew (amzn.to/43ZFPJs), his second novella featuring former World War I pilot Mitch Mayhew. Like the first one, UNWANTED PASSENGER, it's a fun, well-written pulp style adventure yarn that I enjoyed and highly recommend. Kudos to @tlayhew.bsky.social
If you’ve started your wish list for Santa, you might want to include the full color, 450-page men’s adventure mag story and art anthology WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! Or you could just buy a copy for yourself or a friend via Amazon worldwide (amzn.to/3Zps7Ow), BudsArtBooks.com or MensPulpMags.com.
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you’ve started your wish list for Santa, you might want to include the full color, 450-page men’s adventure mag story and art anthology WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! Or you could just buy a copy for yourself or a friend via Amazon worldwide (amzn.to/3Zps7Ow), BudsArtBooks.com or MensPulpMags.com.