One of my favorite pieces by Frank Frazetta was the cover to
National Lampoon No. 13 ( April 1971 ) A neat little parody / homage to
men's sweat mags. Specifically those featuring jungle adventures. The
ones with great white hunters rescuing girls in torn
blouses.
As a fan of Columbia's Jungle Jim movie series starring Johnny
Weissmuller I can't help but be drawn to them. In fact those magazine
covers remind me quite a bit of the movie posters illustrated by Glenn
Cravath for that series loosely based on the popular
comic strip from King Features.
It's too bad no movie producer took a cue from them and made some
low - budget flicks based on the stories found in MEN'S ACTION , WORLD
OF MEN , MAN'S STORY , ADVENTURE and others.
This would have been ideal for Sam Katzman a.k.a " Jungle " Sam.
The man who took former screen Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller Johnny
Weissmuller put him in safari clothes and with the help of stock footage
turned him into a low - budget version of cartoonist
Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim.
