I spent a good deal of time praising the often under-appreciated artwork of vintage men's magazines; so, I think I've earned the right to be a little negative. Let's face it, some of those magazine covers were just downright awful.... and admit it - it's always enjoyable to poke fun at the failures and embarrassments of the past. Bad fashion and bad album covers seem to get a lot of attention, well now it's time to point a condescending finger at the vintage men's mag.
I'm referring here to the "girlie magazine" variety rather than the action mag, because, quite frankly, I can't find any particularly bad action mag covers, and horrible girlie mags are in abundance. So, sit back, relax and enjoy some unseemly covers from yesteryear... you've earned it.
Yeah, this is real titillating - a beautiful woman flanked by a rodeo clown. I hope whoever came up with the idea to slap a picture of a grotesque clown got a talking to... his idea of erotica is a tad skewed.
WTF? Another damn clown? Maybe I underestimate the level of clown fetish in the 1960's. I guess they were going for "playful" by inserting the giant stuffed clown. I wonder how many little kiddies picked this one up, thinking it was for them.
This cover has me wishing for clowns. A giant shimmering frog-man? Really? I don't follow.
Woman as luggage.... maybe it's just me, but I'm thinkin' this is a wee bit sexist. Then again, is it any worse than this next one...
This one wouldn't be so bad if the woman wasn't getting goosed by the sailing mast. I mean, that mast is wedged right in the crack of her ass... is this the best photo they could come up with? I'm sure they took loads of pictures out on the ship - they choose the one with where the mast is sandwiched between her butt cheeks?
Help me out with this one, folks. She looks like she's putting on a show for a plush toy. Why exactly did they decide to put a purple poodle in this shot? I understand they're on a budget and in a time crunch, but couldn't someone have removed the freaky looking toy animal from between her legs?
and speaking of freaky animals... I'm going to refrain from comment on this next one.
.Somebody explain to me how a flamboyantly gay man presenting a girl with an upside down apple is sexy. While you're coming up with an explanation, I'm moving on to the next post. Adios!
