> I'd concede that Larry Flynt may have once intended Hustler as part of
> counter culture, so to speak. But those were the days when even more
> mainstream publications than Hustler made perhaps more adventurous (as
> well as queerer) editorial decisions than it did. E.g., in 1968, Esquire
> commissioned Jean Genet (!), as well as William S. Burroughs (!) and
> Terry Southern, to cover the Democratic National Convention.
I have that issue, wrapped in plastic. Great cover shot, and great pieces inside.
> Today, neither Hustler nor Esquire is what it once was or at least what
> it once aspired to be.
Agreed. In fact, the Ameri-mag world ain't what it was back in the day, thanks then to the 60ies c-culture. Think a Terry Southern would make a living as a writer these days?
Dennis