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=PS Magazine Archive= | =PS Magazine Archive= | ||
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;"|As the US Army ramped up for its involvement in the war on the Korean peninsula, it realized that its soldiers were encountering problems with their equipment. The Army had experienced some degree of acceptance and success during WWII with the instructional publication Army Motors, for which Corporal Will Eisner, an established comic-book writer-artist-editor, had been appropriated to draw such characters as Private Joe Dope, Connie Rodd, and Master Sergeant Half-Mast McCanick. In 1951, the Army hired Eisner to create similar instructional material for its new publication, PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. | + | |style="vertical-align:top;"|As the US Army ramped up for its involvement in the war on the Korean peninsula, it realized that its soldiers were encountering problems with their equipment. The Army had experienced some degree of acceptance and success during WWII with the instructional publication [http://radionerds.com/index.php/Army_Motors Army Motors], for which Corporal Will Eisner, an established comic-book writer-artist-editor, had been appropriated to draw such characters as Private Joe Dope, Connie Rodd, and Master Sergeant Half-Mast McCanick. In 1951, the Army hired Eisner to create similar instructional material for its new publication, PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. |
Eisner was the publication's artistic director from its inception through the end of 1971. The magazine's artists have included Eisner, Murphy Anderson, Joe Kubert, Dan Spiegle, Scott Madsen, Malane Newman, Alfredo Alcala, and Mike Ploog. As of 2010, Kubert is the art contractor for the magazine, having begun his PS work in 2001. | Eisner was the publication's artistic director from its inception through the end of 1971. The magazine's artists have included Eisner, Murphy Anderson, Joe Kubert, Dan Spiegle, Scott Madsen, Malane Newman, Alfredo Alcala, and Mike Ploog. As of 2010, Kubert is the art contractor for the magazine, having begun his PS work in 2001. | ||
The magazine from its inception has been, written, researched, and edited by Department of the Army civilians. The home office of PS was located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, from April 1951 through January 1955, when it was moved to Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey. It was moved again in October 1962 to Fort Knox, Kentucky. It remained there until July 1973, when it moved to the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. In June 1993, it moved to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. In March 2011, the magazine published its 700th issue.<ref>"PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.</ref> | The magazine from its inception has been, written, researched, and edited by Department of the Army civilians. The home office of PS was located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, from April 1951 through January 1955, when it was moved to Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey. It was moved again in October 1962 to Fort Knox, Kentucky. It remained there until July 1973, when it moved to the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. In June 1993, it moved to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. In March 2011, the magazine published its 700th issue.<ref>"PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.</ref> | ||
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===Updates=== | ===Updates=== | ||
| + | ;01-30-2014 | ||
| + | :Added issues 430 - 439 (September 1988 - June 1989) | ||
| + | :Added New Section for the "Be Your Own Inspector" Series | ||
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;01-28-2014 | ;01-28-2014 | ||
:We have added a "special Issues" section, to house those special issues of PS Magazine reprints, posters and subject guides. | :We have added a "special Issues" section, to house those special issues of PS Magazine reprints, posters and subject guides. | ||
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| + | ==We're Famous!== | ||
| + | When we started this site, we never imagined the response we would get. The support we received from the LOGSA / PS Magazine team to grant us access to those ultra rare and absolute MINT historical copies was simply huge! We were even more surprised to see that we were honored to be included in a few issues of PS Magazine! | ||
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| + | See our fame in all its glory below... | ||
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| + | <gallery widths=100px heights=100px perrow=5> | ||
| + | File:742-pp61-snippet.png | Issue #742, September 2014 | ||
| + | File:745_PP47_Dec_2014.png | Issue #745, December 2014 | ||
| + | File:747_PP46_Feb_2015.png | Issue #747, February 2015 | ||
| + | File:757_PP46_Dec_2015.png | Issue #757, December 2015 | ||
| + | File:783_snippet.png| Issue #783, February 2018 | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 14 March 2018
PS Magazine Archive
| As the US Army ramped up for its involvement in the war on the Korean peninsula, it realized that its soldiers were encountering problems with their equipment. The Army had experienced some degree of acceptance and success during WWII with the instructional publication Army Motors, for which Corporal Will Eisner, an established comic-book writer-artist-editor, had been appropriated to draw such characters as Private Joe Dope, Connie Rodd, and Master Sergeant Half-Mast McCanick. In 1951, the Army hired Eisner to create similar instructional material for its new publication, PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly.
Eisner was the publication's artistic director from its inception through the end of 1971. The magazine's artists have included Eisner, Murphy Anderson, Joe Kubert, Dan Spiegle, Scott Madsen, Malane Newman, Alfredo Alcala, and Mike Ploog. As of 2010, Kubert is the art contractor for the magazine, having begun his PS work in 2001. The magazine from its inception has been, written, researched, and edited by Department of the Army civilians. The home office of PS was located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, from April 1951 through January 1955, when it was moved to Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey. It was moved again in October 1962 to Fort Knox, Kentucky. It remained there until July 1973, when it moved to the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. In June 1993, it moved to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. In March 2011, the magazine published its 700th issue.[1]
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We're Famous!When we started this site, we never imagined the response we would get. The support we received from the LOGSA / PS Magazine team to grant us access to those ultra rare and absolute MINT historical copies was simply huge! We were even more surprised to see that we were honored to be included in a few issues of PS Magazine! See our fame in all its glory below...
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