Growing up, I LOVED magazines. I couldn't wait to hit the drugstore each week when the new issues were put out. I mostly bought entertainment magazines, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, The Hollywood Reporter and celebrity magazines from the UK and France. Except for the odd Playgirl, I rarely bought an adult magazine, but boy did I stare at them on the high back shelves wrapped in plastic.
Although FH has always celebrated Playgirl, the men between the covers, I haven't spent much time on the men between the covers of the other male focused magazines from the past. Although most are no longer publishing new issues, back issues can still be found.
My new feature, Back Issues will highlight magazines from the past, and the men who filled their pages. When I can, I'll also include some of the ads, one of my favorite parts of looking back. I can't believe all the phone sex ads that filled so many issues, it seems so recent in some ways, yet so long long ago. Up first, Men Magazine from April 1998.
Kurt Stefano
Kurt Stefano
Photographed by Maxx Studio
Great Wonders of the World
Great Wonders of the World
Dramatic, vividly colored landscapes have fascinated people all over the world for centuries... Breathtaking views speak directly to man's soul and imagination.
Chris Berrera
Chris Berrera
Photographed by David Lloyd
If you like the new feature Past Issues, you can thank these shots of Chris Berrera. I spotted one of the images of Chris, un-credited, and thought he had an interesting Clark Kent type look and headed to google images search to find out who the model was. That search led me to Amazon which had one of the shots on an ad for this issue of Men Magazine.
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