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90 Photos to Celebrate the Return of Physique Pictorial

Christopher Harrity
05/25/17
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Bob Mizer's little magazine that could introduced mid-century America to the homoerotica of home-grown muscle boys. Now it's back and better than ever. Read about it below.

Physique Pictorial

It could have been described as the sexy look book of American male archetypes. Cowboys, hustlers, petty thugs, military studs gone AWOL, sports stars, and all-American boys peopled the pages in the posing straps that (reportedly) his mother made by hand. 

Founder and photographer Bob Mizer died May 12, 1992. Before Playboy, Playgirl, videotape, and even 8mm reel-to-reels, Bob Mizer mined the best and hunkiest of American guys straight off the Greyhound bus in L.A. and made a culture-changing magazine in 1951. 

“Now, nearly 30 years later, we want to expose a new generation to Physique Pictorial,” says Dennis Bell, founder and president of the Bob Mizer Foundation, an organization dedicated to the preservation of Mizer’s works, memory, and legacy. 

To learn more about this happy event and to reserve your limited edition, visit the Bob Mizer Foundation store. You might want to hurry — this souvenir edition is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.

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Christopher Harrity

Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
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