Weasels Ate My Flesh!

December 12, 2010 11:14 AM

Men's Adventure Magazines is a blog inspired by the 1956 "Weasels Ate My Flesh" cover of Man's Life, featuring hundreds of covers from "Men's Adventure" magazines from the 50s and 60s. (some blog entries have a little bit of illustrated partial nudity here and there)

Be sure to check out the full article of "Chewed to Bits by Giant Turtles"

posted by empath (26 comments total)

Shame, it sounds interesting but Blogger has killed the site.
posted by quarsan at 11:17 AM on December 12, 2010

They haven't. Just click 'i understand and wish to continue'
posted by empath at 11:19 AM on December 12, 2010 [1 favorite]

Is this phase two of Burnt Weeny Sandwich?
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:39 AM on December 12, 2010 [2 favorites]

That's great stuff. I'm surprised this hasn't been posted already. How did we survive all this time without it?
posted by marxchivist at 11:46 AM on December 12, 2010

I miss Frank.
posted by IslandTrust at 11:53 AM on December 12, 2010

This is what the internet is for. This is what Metafilter is for. Nice find.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:07 PM on December 12, 2010 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: Just click 'i understand and wish to continue'
posted by The Lady is a designer at 12:10 PM on December 12, 2010 [2 favorites]

A bit like Stagworld
posted by The Whelk at 12:19 PM on December 12, 2010

RZZZZZ.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 12:57 PM on December 12, 2010 [1 favorite]

Weasels ripped his flesh. They ripped it.

Because weasels are just stone cold assholes like that. It wasn't that they were hungry; they were just being mean.

Fucking weasels.
posted by Sidhedevil at 1:02 PM on December 12, 2010

The center magazine in the page title/header - Men's Book - advertises an article "Why Homosexuals Refuse To Be Cured". I'd like to read that for the lulz.

Isn't there a meme about "angry weasels in your pants" when talking about cascading failures? (or about angry weasels?)
posted by Xoebe at 1:23 PM on December 12, 2010

If you've ever been bewildered by The Coen Brothers' "The Man Who Wasn't There," keep in mind that at the end, it's made clear that the story is Ed Crane's telling as being written for one of these magazines.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:36 PM on December 12, 2010 [1 favorite]

They certainly look like a lulzy goldmine - I expect a band called Sin-Happy Vacationists (with their album Sin-Happy Vacationists Are Overrunning Cape Cod to be lauded by Pitchfork forthwith. Perhaps they already have been.
posted by Grangousier at 1:41 PM on December 12, 2010

This is terrific stuff. I love how the curator of this blog explores all the interconnections between men's mags and pulp and noir and mass culture -- including the physique angle, which isn't ridiculed or mocked but given its due. It's not just lulzy, though it's definitely that. It's a key for understanding the popular culture of that period.
posted by blucevalo at 1:57 PM on December 12, 2010

> It's a key for understanding the popular culture of that period.
yes.
To me at least, these pulps really put the Sean Connery James Bond movies in their context.


posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey at 2:04 PM on December 12, 2010

I still prefer Frank Zappa's 1970 blog inspired by the same cover: Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
posted by three blind mice at 2:43 PM on December 12, 2010

Don't talk shit about weasels (or any other members of the Mustelid family for that matter.) They are fine and beautiful animals.

They know nothing of vintage magazine covers, not are they familiar with the works of Frank Zappa.

Also, they'll rip your face right off!
posted by metagnathous at 2:48 PM on December 12, 2010

On the big screen
posted by Zerowensboring at 2:55 PM on December 12, 2010

Xoebe: Isn't there a meme about "angry weasels in your pants" when talking about cascading failures? (or about angry weasels?)

There's JHarris's Infinite Weasels Theorem which postulates that things can always get worse.

Infinite Weasels Theorem is another band I expect to read about on Pitchfork
posted by Kattullus at 3:07 PM on December 12, 2010

Homer: "Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals.
Except the weasel."
posted by 445supermag at 3:11 PM on December 12, 2010

Love these, thanks.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 5:16 PM on December 12, 2010

The center magazine in the page title/header - Men's Book - advertises an article "Why Homosexuals Refuse To Be Cured".

Is it because the sex is so awesome?
posted by Ritchie at 5:24 PM on December 12, 2010 [1 favorite]

You think this guy can hook me up with a copy of Flesh World?
posted by pxe2000 at 5:37 PM on December 12, 2010

metagnathous: "Don't talk shit about weasels (or any other members of the Mustelid family for that matter.) They are fine and beautiful animals.

They know nothing of vintage magazine covers, not are they familiar with the works of Frank Zappa."

Yes, I hear they a partial to Metallica.
posted by Splunge at 6:05 AM on December 13, 2010

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posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:27 AM on December 13, 2010

Sin Happy Vacationists are Overrunning Cape Cod
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:27 AM on December 13, 2010