VINTAGE FETISH: LEONARD BURTMAN
Books published by Leonard Burtman such as Exotique (inspired by Willie’s Bizarre Magazine), Masque, Connoisseur, Bizarre Life, and many others, including single issue topical publications. He was the first to employ a professional, nationwide distribution network for his fetish publications.
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Bizarre Life. Number Two (1964, artwork by Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew)
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Bizarre Life. Number Two (1964, artwork by Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew)
New York: SK Books, No date [1964]. First Edition. Color pictorial wrappers. 98pp. Front cover art by Eric Stanton, back cover by Gene Bilbrew. Illustrated throughout. Sticker removal mark on back cover. A near fine copy.
Includes one story, an article on fetish clothing, and letters from readers. With an Eric Stanton & Steve Ditko cartoon called "Merry Mixup the Model." Illustrated with a number of b&w photographs of models in fetish attire and heels. Two issues of Bizarre Life were published by Burtman in digest size before turning into a full-size magazine in 1966.