Wow, lots of new reviews coming in for our releases. (Spoiler warning: They are all raves.)
First up, the mighty Paperback Warrior delivers some of the highest praise I think we've received since we launched The Men's Adventure Library series:
"There isn't a duo on Earth more skilled in telling the history of the MAM era than Deis and Doyle. Both have made it their mission to highlight and document this unique, storied tradition of vintage magazines. Both have excelled in presenting coffee table, awe-inspiring volumes that capture the essence of the MAM."
Thanks for that, PW! Like the spectacular Showcase Showdown, we do our part.
From there, PW delves into one of the first copies of the Archive Collection, the inaugural volume of our Gil Cohen: Inside/Out series. PW comes to Cohen's MAM artwork after being introduced to the artist via his much admired cover paintings for Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan / Executioner series of novels. (We of course published a collection of those paintings as One Man Army, our first collaboration with Gil Cohen.)
"The two have once again created a beautiful coffee table book titled Gil Cohen: Inside/Out - Archive Collection. This is a deluxe, full-color hardcover (150ish pages) featuring Cohen's magazine covers and interior illustrations found in MAMs from the 1950s through the 1970s. I haven't counted them all yet, but according to MensPulpMags.com, there are 160 high-resolution images. Considering MAMs are very rare, this may be one of the only times a casual fan and reader will even see these paintings."
Unfortunately, PW is all too correct about the scarcity of MAMs these days. Were that it were not so!
Read the whole review HERE.
Sean CW Korsgaard, writing for Analog, reviews Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants. He notes the uneasy relationship some readers of science fiction fans have with men's adventure magazine fiction, but he's a big-table genre reader:
"A beautifully put together book. Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants offers not just an overview of the science fiction of men’s adventure magazines, but some absolutely gripping pulp science fiction that hasn’t been read since the Silver Age. If you’re at all intrigued by a chance to sample some of science fiction’s more salacious and sensational chapters, this is essential reading."
Korsgaard speaks the truth! And if you're a reader of Sword & Sorcery, his new magazine, Battleborn, deserves your attention. Learn more about Battleborn HERE. And read his complete Atomic review HERE.
Finally, Joe Kenney's Glorious Trash blog gets in the water with Maneaters: Killer Sharks in Men's Adventure Magazines, our collection of killer shark stories from the magazines. He says he's not a big reader of shark fiction, but Maneaters delivered for him:
"Compiling a selection of shark-centric tales from the men’s adventure magazines of the 1950s through the 1970s, Maneaters comes highly recommended, and as usual Wyatt Doyle’s presentation of the art is both eye-catching and, more importantly, respectful of its sources."
Though the review seems to attribute some of Wyatt's written contributions to Bob (and he's wrong about the stories' expert commentaries), these are minor quibbles—much as what he dislikes about Maneaters are ultimately minor quibbles for Joe. This is a reader with excellent taste in trashy fiction, and we're glad Maneaters was able to scratch that itch. His recommendation carries weight for us and is appreciated! His review can be read in its entirety HERE.
Thanks to all who take the time to read and offer their thoughts on our work. As ever, we appreciate your thoughts, praise, and criticism.
Buy Maneaters from Amazon HERE.
