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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Honcho Premiere Issue, Part 1


I recently came across a partial archive of Honcho magazine.  I have to say that my memories 
of it seem better than most of the material in the archive, but perhaps my tastes have changed 
over time.  Having said that, there is a treasure trove of nice photos there, so you will be 
seeing quite a few series in coming months.  I'm starting with Volume I, Issue 1, 
the very first Honcho from April of 1978.  It will be a two parter, 
with some mixed stuff first, and then a full spread by 
Roy Dean featuring the cover man shown above.

 

Abundance


The first full photo spread in Honcho was Abundance.  Get it?
Several different photographers' work was used in it, 
and the cowboy above was by Colt.

 

Curly and Friend


I call this one Curly and friend.

 

More buns


More buns on page 10.

 

Cowboy


This cowboy completes part one of today's series.  He appeared in an 
otherwise uninspiring photo spread near the back of the magazine.

 

Honcho Premiere Issue, Part 2 - Bill Nuckells by Roy Dean


Outstanding photographer Roy Dean was given a nine page spread in the premiere issue of Honcho.  He chose to showcase Mr. California, Bill Nuckells, in (where else?) Hawaii, specifically Kauai.
I'm presenting the entire spread for part two of today's set.

 

Lighting


Roy Dean never disappoints, and the lighting here is one reason why.

 

Eden


Kauai is nice, but I don't know if I'd call it Eden.

 

Centerfold


I think this was the centerfold.  I'm not sure because my source used
a separate page scanning method that never shows staples.
I had to splice two downloads together to make this.

 

. . . and his wife Debbie.


The blurb along with this photo goes out of the way to mention that Mr. Nuckells brought his wife Debbie along for the Hawaii photo shoot.  Oh, well.  It also says that this shot was made at Barking Sands, a location now well known as an anti-missile defense installation.

 

Na Pali?


I haven't spent a lot of time on Kauai,
but I think this was shot on the Na Pali Coast.

 

Double Page II


Although not officially the centerfold, this two page literal layout
appeared at the end of Roy Dean's piece on Bill Nuckells.

 

Promo


Although obviously not part of the Honcho premier main photo spread,
this ad for Roy Dean's work appeared among the adsin the back pages.
Mr. Dean went on to do several excellent later series for Honcho.

 

Friday, July 18, 2025

Columns Day


It's columns day, and I will be posting fourteen models with that classic prop.
We start with an unknown by Dave Martin.

 

Ralph Kelly


Don W. Cogan struck a modified pinup pose for Ralph Kelly.

 

Bruce of LA


Bruce of LA's trademark grass floor mat shows up in this photo of an unknown.

 

Kovert of Hollywood

The model is unknow for this Kovert of Hollywood photo from the 1940s.

 

John Grimek


I have not been able to find the name of the photographer who took this stunning cover photo 
of John Grimek for Strength and Health's February 1947 edition.

 

Douglas of Detroit


That's Joe Marcy (right) with an unknown in this photo Doug Juleff, 
aka Douglas of Detroit, made using a black marble column.

 

Jon Arnt


This promotional piece by Jon Arnt is one of the very few of his works in my collection that I have not posted.  I keep looking for more of his fine work without success.  The model is Don Erdahl.

 

Lon of New York


Jules Bacon posed for Lon of New York, aka Alonzo Hanagan, in front of a column.
Mr. Hanagan made enough photos using columns for me to do several series
of just his material.  I will do another one in the near future.

 

Gebbe


Here we see Kimon Voyages as photographed with one of his many trophies by Gebbe.
 

Pat Milo


This is Bill O'Connor in what I think is an early Pat Milo effort.

 

AMG


Alan Albert looks quite impressive in this AMG photo by Bob Mizer.

 

Unknown by Unknown


This is the only photo in today's set where I know neither the model nor the photographer.
The model looks familiar.  Does anyone know him?

 

Vince of London


This is Mervyn Cotter by Vince of London.


 

Urban


Closing the column series with an unknown model by Al Urban.
Note the chain around his wrist.

 

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Bulges Day

Our theme today is bulges, and we get things started with a happy guy in a boat.

 

Ernest Cadine


This is early 20th Century French bodybuilder Ernest Cadine.
A viewer once described a similar bulge as "moose toe."

 

Sailor


Everybody loves a sailor.

 

Literal I


I think this is a Swede, and that bulge leaves very little to the imagination.

 

Happy group


This happy group has just won three trophies.

 

Model


This guy looks like a 1980-ish model.

 

College Rowers


Here we have an early 20th Century college rowing team.
You should enlarge this one if you can.


 

Bodybuilders


My souce says these two are bodybuilders, and I believe it.

 

SG Dynamo


This fellow was a member of the 1964 SG Dynamo 
water polo team of Magdeburg, Germany in 1964.

 

Peek


The final bulge in the series also includes a peek at something more.