Physique Pictorial, volume 5 number 2, Summer 1955
Editor
Bob Mizer
Categories
Beefcake, erotica
Frequency
Quarterly
Format
Digest
Publisher
Athletic Model Guild
First issue
1951
Final issue
1990
Based in
Los Angeles
Language
English
OCLC
643902464
Physique Pictorial is an American magazine, one of the leading beefcake magazines of the mid-20th century.[1][2] During its run from 1951 to 1990 as a quarterly publication, it exemplified the use of bodybuilding culture and classical art figure posing, as a cover for homoerotic male images, and to evade charges of obscenity.
The pages of Physique Pictorial primarily featured the photography of Bob Mizer, who also served as the magazine’s publisher and editor, consisting of black and white photos of athletic young men, either nude or nearly so.[3] The magazine also served as a venue for homoerotic artists including Touko Laaksonen (Tom of Finland), George Quaintance, Dom Orejudos (Etienne), and Bill Schmeling (Torro, The Hun),[4][5][6] and was a predecessor to later overtly gay publications.[7][8]
Physique Pictorial was published in Los Angeles by Mizer's Athletic Model Guild, an ersatz modeling agency that provided cover for the publishing of the magazine, and the sale of photographs and film strips through the magazine.[9]
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