lol this brings back memories. I was at the first year of high school, there was this new book store in the city which i live and they were selling original play boy magazine... I decided to buy an issue of it, and the casier was a girl.... lol i was so nervous, i was like the casier girl would most certainly think that i'm a pervert... lol spend something feels like an eternity in the store in front of the magazine... then i suddenly grabbed it, went to the casier and bought it with a bright red face... lol
Last edited by Gurz; 04-20-2018 at 05:56 AM.
It’s an interesting direction to be sure, but I kind of get it. Playboy has a fairly mainstream readership, and they’ve moved away from nude images now.
Also, they are pretty widely read in China, which is a really important market to break for a big movie. Also, Hellboy is pretty cool, so it’s a big get for Playboy too, which is trying to rebrand itself a bit more as a gentleman’s magazine, rather than one for pervs to get their jollies.
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Last edited by zerodemon; 04-20-2018 at 07:45 AM.
Okay, I don't think it's weird at all.
But first of all, Playboy has always branded itself as a Gentlemen's Magazine. Playboy has always had great interviews and articles. In my mind, it's never really been a mag for "pervs to get their jollies". YMMV.
Second, Hef has always been a big supporter of the arts. It's always had cartoons in it. He even wanted to be a cartoonist.
A large portion of Playboy since day one has been quality non erotic content. I don't see anything odd about this move, other than maybe a lack of full on comic book short stories in Playboy previously, but I could be wrong. I don't have a subscription.
Playboy historically has paid the highest per word of any of the magazines published in the US. They have published work by talented folks including Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451 was serialized in the magazine), Arthur C. Clarke, J.G. Ballard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Atwood, Michael Crichton, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Joe Haldeman, Frank Herbert, Stephen King, Dorris Lessing, and Joyce Carol Oates. (Yes, the list is biased to speculative fiction because I read a ton of great work in Playboy.) The rest of the magazine's literary pedigree is equally impressive.
Really hoping this will be collected at some point (no reason why it shouldn't), I won't be buying Playboy.
“Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.” -- Hellboy.
“Dude, you’re embarrassing me in front of the Wizards.” -- Tony Stark.
Can't think of reasons why it wouldn't fit a future Hellboy & the B.P.R.D. book.
And the branching out exposure to stuff like Penthouse Men's Adventure Comics (a Mignola 'Ghoul' pinup in 1995), Nickelodeon Magazine, USA Today (Hellboy: The Whittier Legacy), or in this case Playboy Magazine, has been done on occasion and I think everybody just wins exposure-wise, eventhough I'm no publishing expert.
On the other hand I do wonder where I should look for the physical Playboy copy since in my neck or be it butt-end of the woods newsstands will not be found no more. Ebay seems the most logical route. And if I find me a copy I hope there's gonna an actual centerfold halfway.
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