This stud from St. Louis is possibly the most decorated model in Physique Pictorial history. In our extensive experience with Bob Mizer’s groundbreaking publication, never have we found a man with such a complicated collection of subjective character analysis symbols. The text accompanying his appearance in the April 1973 edition of PP reads as such: [...]

Compiled from an autobiographical account of the photographer’s life appearing in Reed Massingill’s book, CHAMPION.
“Have you gentlemen picked up any of these models to prove your contention that these guys have erections?”
It’s a question that would change Walter Kundzicz’s life forever. Presented to police and post office representatives regarding a set of images that were [...]

Porn, cocaine and disco – these mainstays of the 1970s had America horny, hyper and ready to dance. And while they may have collectively peaked nearly 40 years ago, their influence is still evident today. Take Lady Gaga for example, or, well, Lady Gaga. Point is, the 1970s were an influential age. Hell, even Bob [...]

The 1960s brought on the rise of the quaalude, the creation of the key party and the discovery of those precocious Brits, the Beatles. For those beefcake rags that survived the conservatively cold 1950s, it was a time of great change and even greater success. Having fought for decades to see the front end of [...]

Often imitated but never duplicated, Physique Pictorial is, if not the longest running gay magazine in history, than at least the most influential. Published from 1951 to 1990, the magazine survived through monumental changes in America’s social and political climates. At the time of its first printing in November 1951, depictions of male nudity were [...]

It seems the LAPD, that stronghold of racial profiling and police brutality, has been playing fast and loose with its night stick for decades now. Sure, we’ve all heard of Rodney King, but what of the victims that came before? Case in point, former AMG model, Leonard Chambers. This handsome weightlifter, measuring 5′8″ and 165 [...]

The above video is only a segment of an Arena film’s documentary about legendary satanist and homophile filmmaker, Kenneth Anger’s morbid book, Hollywood Babylon. Babylon, which was first released in 1965 and banned ten days later, dredges up Hollywood’s most sordid tales of sex, drugs and death. Needless to say, it rocked the oh so [...]

We know you’re probably sick of hearing that Christmas is right around the corner. You’ve probably had it with all the God damn decorations, and the stupid music, and the fucking holiday parties. You could probably go the rest of your life without seeing another Christmas special. It’s likely that all you want to do [...]

We came across this unusually artsy cover of Physique Pictorial during a search for early photographs of Marlon Brando. The image on the back cover is a promotional still from the MGM production of “Julius Caesar,” and the front cover is a detail from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.
This discovery serves as yet another reminder [...]

Just a couple of hours ago we posted a quote by our fearless leader, Bob Mizer, about the overwhelming number of breeders in the world. Those too true words came from an imagined article in a future edition of Time magazine, mocking similar articles of the time about the rise of homosexuality. Well, it was [...]