Pulp magazine, mafia, female art, cover art, album, comic books, baseball cards, cartoons, journals. Later in his career, he made a successful transition into mixed media, collages, and ceramics the latter of these would even win him some awards. There is a great interview with him here that lets you in on the biz of pulp art during its heyday. Mens adventure is a genre of magazines that had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a commercial illustrator for over 40 years producing paintings for mens adventure magazines, paperbacks, and storyboards. On august 5, 20, the great illustration artist bruce minney passed away at age 84, about two months after suffering a major stroke if youre a regular reader of this blog, you know that bruce was one of the best and most prolific of the many talented illustration artists who created cover and interior paintings for mens adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Zieglers book provides us with a rare glimpse into the life of a freelance. Fiction film, pulp fiction art, pulp art, vintage book covers, comic book covers, classic film noir, crime, adventure magazine, pulp magazine. Bruce minney october 2, 1928 august 5, 20 was an american artist who worked in a variety of media. The man who painted everything is a wonderful loveletter to one of the most talented illustrators of our time.
Mens adventure magazines who knew being a man was so difficult and wrought with danger. On august 5, 20, the great illustration artist bruce minney passed. He also did many paperback book cover paintings throughout those. Jan 9, 2015 bruce minney was an american artist, considered as one of the top. Some of them showed examples of the original bruce minney paintings that now reside in the mindblowing art collection of my friend rich oberg, who i call the dean of mens adventure magazines.
One former sparta resident, bruce minney, was at the forefront of this genre and now is the subject of a book that highlights his work and life story. The writing is minimal but intriguing thomas ziegler and the minney family have done a compelling job of unraveling the artist life and influences. Check out the article on bruce minney, great manly illustrator of mens mags, paperbacks and ads. Books by rubeigh james minney author of carve her name with.
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The stupendous fantasy of the aztec hounds turned loose on the modern world. Book tells sparta mans story of illustrated adventure. For men only, april 1971, art by bruce minney artist bruce. Of course, theres nothing all that strange about frogmen fighting and smashing computers with axes at a missile site, while a blousebusting blonde looks on. Nov 1957 bruce minney interior art, j edgar hoover, boxing high. Loosely illustrating the interior story, smash the latins jungle combine. Its full of hundreds of elegant full color plates of his best work.
Oct 29, 2011 an interview with bruce minney part 1 bruce minney is one of the most talented and prolific of the many great artists who created cover paintings and interior illustrations for mens adventure magazines from the mid1950s to the mid1970s. The june 1965 issue of mans book features a classic evil commie cover painting by the great illustration artist bruce minney. Useful to establishing provenance, or history of an artwork include. I dont think the cover of mayhem digest comes close to bruce minney s style. An interview with bruce minney part 1 mens adventure. Artwork is a gouache on illustration boardby the listed illustrator bruce minney. In 2012, thomas zeigler authored a book on minney titled bruce minney. Knowing the lineage of ownership and exhibition history can add to the value of your artwork. Dec 10, 2015 bruce minney bruce s son, craig, is having a show this weekend of his work and his dads at california lutheran university in thousand oaks, ca. Jun 03, 2019 we get this show quite a bit after it airs in the usa but can anyone tell me of the comic expert they use is a real person not an actor.
Illustrating the special book bonus story by bill s. Im a big believer in the book itself being a work of art, so the amateurish layout and art design this book suffers from sticks in my craw a little, but at the end of the day the main concern here is the art of bruce minney, and it looks gorgeous. Bruce minney october 2, 1928 august 5, 20 was an american artist who worked in a. Return to windhaven, pinnacle books isbn 9780523400228. Bruce minney artist, fine art prices, auction records for. This is a single owner collection of glossy unread copies that were bought off the newsstand and never in circulation. Designing the competitive company by bruce love and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Without guilt or hangups, these sexually free girls set their own standards of bedroom behaviour bringing new sexual freedom to men sealed hideout by jeff grant, art by bruce minney.
Ballinger, nude of the china seas, an excerpt from the spy in the jungle, book three in the joaquin hawks thriller series. Bruce has worked in a variety of media, producing silver age vintage paperbacks, pulp magazine and commercial illustrations. I later had the pleasure and honor of doing a phone interview with bruce that i posted here in 2011. Bruce minney paintings for sale value guide heritage auctions. Rubeigh james minney has 19 books on goodreads with 1538 ratings. Shop for reproduction art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. Male, october 1969 art by bruce minney artist bruce minney did a great illustration for the book bonus version of w. Minney collages at art association lifestyle the st. The vast majority of the art is reproduced from the printed pages of the books and mens adventure magazines they appeared in themselves mostly rare and. The man who painted everything is now available at.
Bruce minney art for men today in bruce minney october 1928 august 20 was a prolific american artist who worked in a variety of media. With a human sacrifice as the central conflict, a high octane tribal fight scene, and lurid bondage damsel in distress subject matter, this bruce minney artworkwhich appeared as the cover for the june 1970 edition of new man magazinecaptures all of the subversive allure of the mens magazine genre. Bruce minney is one of the most talented and prolific of the many great artists who created cover paintings and interior illustrations for mens adventure magazines from the mid1950s to the mid1970s hes not as widely known as some of the artists associated with the mens pulp mag genre, such as mort kunstler, basil gogos, gil cohen, james bama or norman saunders. Our cover feature concerns the sensational art of bruce minney, best known for his mens adventure artwork of the 1960s. As a child, minney loved to draw and after graduating from oakland high in 1946, he was accepted continue reading. Vg mafia call girls, combat, pulp exploitation art by bruce minney, charles copeland, earl norem cheesecake pix, pulp th. The spontaneity of collage in the days of mad men, mens adventure magazines thrived. The last show had the bruce minney collection find. An explosive world war ii battle scene rages in this published bruce minney illustration. See more ideas about adventure magazine, pulp art and pulp fiction. Real adventure nov 1957 bruce minney interior art, j edgar. I enthusiastically recommend tom zieglers book bruce minney.
Rubeigh james minneys most popular book is carve her name with pride. At etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. Discover the unique items that bruceminney creates. Bruce minney was a commercial artist and painter whose work in magazines, paperbacks, and movie storyboards have all become part of the very fabric of american pop culture. Story is titled i nailed the nazis from a galloping goose. Oct, 20 minneys life and work are the subject of the book. Bruce minney mans world nazi battle scene at 1stdibs. An action packed cold warera interior illustration by bruce minney for the october, 1965 edition of for men only. Aug 06, 2012 im also the creator of the website, which focuses on those topics. All comic art shown is owned or created by our gallery owners at. Also featuring i saw them kill michael farmer and the voodoo widows recipe for death. Original cover art from a story by ed harbarcher from the pages of the july 1973 adventure for men. Zieglers book provides us with a rare glimpse into the life of a freelance illustrator before the computer age and digital illustration.
The man who painted everything and consider it a mustread for anyone interested in illustration art, retro pop culture and mid20th century periodicals. Bruce minney was an american artist, considered as one of the top illustration artists who worked for the postwar mens pulp adventure magazines published in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Four men and a manhungry female entombed in a deserted mine teach your woman these 50 oriental sex tricks by hugo hettrich. Customize your reproduction print with hundreds of different frames and mats, if desired.
Bruce minney spent 20 years working as an illustrator for mens adventure magazines painting beautiful women, gorillas, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, alligators, headhunters, nazis, airplanes, aircraft carriers, tanks, guns, and lots of explosions but hardly anyone knows who he is. Bruce minney was recently featured on an episode of the tv series american pickers, which showed the two network stars pick up six of the artists paintings certainly on the cheap side, they then had them evaluated at a bookstore in memphis where they appraised at absurdly low numbers considering the current robust market of lurid mens magazine. Later he moved to ceramics and won numerous awards for his efforts. Because of the diversity of his commercial and published work, he was. Bruce minney was another prolific illustratorpainter back in the day who did allot of work for the old pulp trash mags. An informative and entertaining history of bruce minneys life and work. The man who painted everything, celebrating the wide variety of subjects the artist. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. For men only, april 1971, art by bruce minney artist. With titles like stag, male, for men only, and mans conquest, their crazy covers and even crazier stories were distinctly american.
Male, october 1969 art by bruce minney artist bruce minn. Our second major feature covers the work of golden age illustrator edwin austin abbey, best known for his spectacular book illustrations. Jan 9, 2015 bruce minney was an american artist, considered as one of the top illustration artists who worked for the postwar mens pulp adventure magazines published in the 50s, 60s and 70s. See more ideas about adventure magazine, pulp art and male magazine. Minney s life and work are the subject of the book. Mans book, june 1965 cover art by bruce minney via subtropicbob i love pulp fiction bruce minney october 1928 august 20 was a prolific american artist who worked in a variety of media. Sabers strangekill in the october 1969 issue of male.
For men only, april 1971, art by bruce minney artist bruce minney 2kajgwx did this cool illustration for the book bonus story death run on a mafia hellboat in the mens pulp adventure magazine for men only, april 1971. Bruce minney was an american artist known for his commercial illustrations. Mans book, june 1965 cover art by bruce minney via subtropicbob. Augustine art association is located at 22 marine street. Specializing in mens pulp adventure scenes popular in postwar america, minney drew for a range of print magazines in his signature style. The cover art for thomas hallorans 1930sera tale attacked by the girl pirates of the yangtze is by wil hulsey, and the other spreads are by geoffrey biggs, lou marchetti, bruce minney, and bruce minnie he does two and gets his name spelled two different ways. Artist bruce minney 2kajgwx did this cool illustration for the book bonus story death run on a mafia hellboat in the mens pulp adventure magazine for men only, april 1971. Babes, crime, helpless women, magazine, true detective leave a comment. Male, october 1969 art by bruce minney artist bruce. And this at 2k anyone know the real story behind thes. A nazi submarine has crashed ashore and brought the fight to land in this lurid piece that is a quintessential example of the style coming out of mens magazines of this period. Bruce minneys wonderfully ridiculous illustrations for.
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