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Bruce Minney
Bruce Minney (October 2, 1928 — August 5, 2013) was an American artist who worked in a variety of media. He was a commercial illustrator for over 40 years producing paintings for men’s adventure magazines, paperbacks, and storyboards. Later he moved to ceramics and won numerous awards for his efforts. His most recent work included collages and paintings. Early life and career As a child, Minney loved to draw and after graduating from Oakland High School (Oakland, California), Oakland High in 1946, he was accepted by the California College of the Arts, California School of Arts and Crafts. After graduation, he married his high school sweetheart, Doris Schulz, and worked as a fireman in nearby Orinda, California, Orinda as he tried to launch his art career. In 1955, he packed his wife, his four-year-old daughter Carole, and all their belongings into a 1950 Plymouth (automobile), Plymouth and drove cross country to New York City. Doris got a job in advertising with Doyle Dane Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men’s Adventure
Men's adventure is a literary genre, genre of magazine that was published in the United States from the 1940s until the early 1970s. Catering to a male audience, these magazines featured pin-up girls and lurid tales of adventure that typically were promoted as true stories narrated in first-person by the participants or in an 'as told to' style. Usual stories included wartime feats of daring, exotic travel or conflict with wild animals. These magazines were also colloquially called "armpit slicks", "men's sweat magazines" or "the sweats", especially by people in the magazine publishing or distribution trades. Overview Fawcett Publications was having some success with their Slick (magazine format), slick magazine ''True (magazine), True'' whose stories developed more of a war focus after the U.S. entered World War II in 1941. Pulp magazine ''Argosy (magazine), Argosy'' opted to switch to slick paper in 1943, and mix in more 'true' stories amidst the fiction. The other major pulp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
