Swank (magazine)

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Swank
Swank, June 2004
CategoriesPornographic magazine
Frequency6/year
Founded1941
CompanyMagna Publishing Group[1][2][3][4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.swankmag.com Edit this at Wikidata

Swank is an adult or

pin-up magazine in the style of Esquire. Around 1954–1955, it was relaunched by Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics, and ran spicy adventure or suspense fiction by the likes of Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Norman Mailer and Arthur C. Clarke. Humorist Bruce Jay Friedman
was an editor in the late 1950s.

Along with its sister title,

1-800-PHONESEX in 2015.[5]

History

According to its current owner,

Jeff Jones.[9]

During its first two decades of operation, Swank had breaks in publication lasting up to several years.[10] The original format was similar to that of the popular men's title Esquire.[7] Magazine archivist Phil Stephensen-Payne gives the date of the first issue as August 1941 and suggests that, after perhaps seven issues, the publication folded and then relaunched in August 1945. Humphrey Bogart, Oscar Levant and Earl Wilson were among the guest contributors over this period.[6]

A later incarnation celebrated its 20th birthday on the cover of the October 1977 issue.[11] By that time, the content included music-related feature articles by journalist and author Michael Gross.[12]

The Magna Publishing Group bought Swank, along with titles including Stag magazine, in 1993. The previous owner was Charles "Chip" Goodman, the son of Martin Goodman.[7] At the time of the purchase, the company was known as Swank Publications and was part of the GCR Publishing Group, which also published non-pornographic magazines such as New Body and Victorian Accents.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Magna Publishing Group". Magnapublishing.com. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  2. ^ Source: The Magna Publishing Group, by: Company Press Release, Magna Acquires Fox, Gallery, Lollypops, April 30, 2008
  3. ^ Bob Johnson, xbiz.com, Magna Publishing Acquires Blue Horizon Titles, Internet Rights, April 25, 2011
  4. ^ John Sanford, XBIZ, iPadult.com Teams With Magna Publishing to Bring Magazines to iPad, August 30, 2012
  5. ^ 1-800-PHONESEX (December 29, 2015). "1-800-PHONESEX Acquires Leading New York-Based Adult Publisher" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Stephensen-Payne, Phil. "Swank". Galactic Central. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c Day, E.S. (June 6, 2009). "Kickin' It Old School: Swank Magazine". AbortMag.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  8. ^ Flamm, Matthew (June 2, 2002). "A Demimonde in Twilight". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  9. ^ The Comic Reader #92 (Dec. 1972).
  10. ^ Stephensen-Payne, Phil. "Magazine Data File (page 450)". Galactic Central. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  11. ^ "Swank – October 1977". Magazines Archive. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  12. ^ "Swank". Rock's Backpages. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

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