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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

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Halloween reading…This story in MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #14, the BIGFOOT ISSUE (amzn.to/3O9lKM0), features “Africa’s Man-Beast.” He’s no peaceful Sasquatch—he’s a killer. MAQ #14 reprints rare men’s adventure magazine stories like this, plus articles about Bigfoot in movies, comics, and TV shows

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 7d ago

Bettie Page is ready for Halloween! This is one of Ron Lesser’s portraits of her featured in the book THE ART OF RON LESSER, VOL. 2: DANGEROUS DAMES AND COVER DOLLS (amzn.to/47xWOTI), which showcases original paintings of sexy women Ron has created in recent decades for galleries. #booksky

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 2w ago

How old is the saying “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made” — and who said it first? (Nope, it wasn’t Otto von Bismarck.) Those questions are addressed in the latest post on my This Day in Quotes blog. Here's the link→ bit.ly/LawsandSausa...

“Laws are like sausages” The origins of the saying Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made

What are the origins of the saying "Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made"?

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 3w ago

From MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4qqaWaU), first in a series showcasing Mort’s men’s adventure mag covers, here’s the ARGOSY special KILLERS OF THE OCEAN (1976), which reused Mort’s cover art for ADVENTURE, Feb. 1956. MKCV1 is now available from Amazon or my MensPulpMags.com bookstore.

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Click this link→https://bit.ly/MAQ15preview to see an in-depth preview of MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #15 — The Science Fiction Issue. It’s out now on Amazon. Next week, I’ll have copies available to ship to people who pre-ordered copies directly from me.

OUT NOW! MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #15 — The Science Fiction Issue

Vintage sci-fi stories, killer robots, space adventures, spectacular illustration art, and a new Eva Lynd interview. Preview MAQ #15 and get your copy!

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · last mo.

Stories about truckers were common in men's adventure magazines movies like SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT created the trucker movie craze. Here's an example from MALE, May 1973. The original painting and 2-page spread (printed horizontally) are included in the book POLLEN'S ACTION (amzn.to/49lA3BI).

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · last mo.

From our new book, MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1: (amzn.to/4qqaWaU). BATTLEFIELD was a Martin Goodman men’s adventure magazine published from 1957 to 1959. Stan Borack and George Gross painted the covers for its first seven issues. Mort Künstler painted the final two, dated July and November 1959.

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · last mo.

Here’s a two-page spread from our new book, MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4qqaWaU), the first in a series showcasing Mort Künstler’s men’s adventure magazine covers. These two are from FOR MEN ONLY, May and June 1965—classic examples of Mort’s action-packed cover art.

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · last mo.

One of my favorite quotes by musical satirist Tom Lehrer is “Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” I wrote a blog post that provides the story behind the quote and a link to a recording of Tom delivering it. Here's the link→https://bit.ly/LifeIsLikeaSewer

The Tom Lehrer quip: "Life is like a sewer" Tom Lehrer’s “Life Is Like a Sewer” Quip

The story behind Tom Lehrer’s darkly funny line: “Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · last mo.

A rarity: SEA STORIES, March 1954, edited by Harry Harrison before becoming a famous sci-fi author. Cover by Clarence Doore, with stories by Winston Churchill, Edgar Allan Poe, Steve Frazee, and more—plus an article about fake "Jenny Haniver" sea monsters. Take a look→https://bit.ly/SeaStoriesPulp2

SEA STORIES, March 1954 — a rare pulp featuring Harry Harrison, Winston Churchill, and Edgar Allan Poe

Spread the wordI mostly collect vintage men’s adventure magazines, MAMs for short. But over the years I’ve also bought many classic pulp magazines. Some in my collection are rare, like…

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · last mo.

A new post on my This Day in Quotes blog discusses how a classic Western TV series & Bob Hope’s autobiography turned the linguistic formula “Have X – Will Travel” into a familiar “snowclone” - i.e. a phrase template people use by replacing the original famous words with new ones) #quotes #quotations

“Have Gun - Will Travel” lives on as a linguistic “snowclone” and in reruns...

How Have Gun – Will Travel became a famous TV catchphrase and linguistic snowclone, plus the history of Paladin, Richard Boone and the show's theme song.

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

JUNGLE MYSTERIES by Tony W Arnold is amazingly creative and funny. It shows photos of real vintage Florida postcards, then adds witty captions describing them. It's especially entertaining if you know something about Florida history and its tourism industry. On Amazon here→https://amzn.to/4xR1jVR.

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Robert F. Dorr, the late, great author of men’s adventure magazine stories & history books, would have turned 87 this year. His birthday inspired me to repost the introduction he wrote for our collection of his classic MAM stories, A HANDFUL OF HELL. It’s here→https://bit.ly/BobDorrIntro #booksky

Remembering Robert F. Dorr and what he wrote about A HANDFUL OF HELL... Remembering Robert F. Dorr and A HANDFUL OF HELL

Remembering author Robert F. Dorr and his classic men’s adventure magazine stories, with excerpts from his introduction to A HANDFUL OF HELL.

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Bob Deis@bobdeis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I was honored to co-edit A HANDFUL OF HELL (amzn.to/4iY8feX), the collection of men’s adventure magazine stories by author Robert F. Dorr (1939–2016). Bob would have been 87 years old today. He was a great writer of both non-fiction history books and gripping fiction yarns—and a great human being.

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