Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine published by Larry Flynt in the United States. Introduced in 1974, it was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter, originally conceived as cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to a peak circulation of around 3 million in the early 1980s; it has since dropped to approximately 500,000.
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Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine published by Larry Flynt in the United States. Introduced in 1974, it was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter, originally conceived as cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to a peak circulation of around 3 million in the early 1980s; it has since dropped to approximately 500,000. It shows explicit views of the female genitalia, becoming one of the first major US-based magazines to do so, in contrast with relatively modest publications like Playboy. A Canadian version of Hustler is published by a Quebec-based firm. In 1999, the magazine created a minor controversy in Canada by inviting readers to submit sexually explicit stories about Sheila Copps, a left-leaning member of the Liberal cabinet. There have also been Australian, British and South African versions of the magazine. Flynt stated that less than five percent of his income comes from the print magazine; he also speculated that the print magazines would not be around in two to three years. In the 1970s, Hustler ran a comic strip feature entitled ‘Honey Hooker’ In each installment, Honey would have graphic sexual encounters with any male she ran across. This feature was designed to compete against Playboy’s Little Annie Fanny and Penthouse’s Wicked Wanda.
In keeping with Hustler’s focus on the seamier and less romantic aspects of sexuality, Honey Hooker was explicitly portrayed as being a prostitute. In 2009, Flynt fired his brother, Jimmy Flynt, and since then he has been developing his own business,Jimmy Flynt’s Sexy Gifts Stand. An old member of Hustlers magazine has described the relationship, saying, \”Larry is the show, and Jimmy makes it go\”. Hustler Club chain of bars and clubs and Hustler Hollywood store chain that sells adult-oriented videos, clothing, magazines and sex toys. Both licensed enterprises are operated by LFP’s partner, Deja Vu. During a bookstore signing in July 2011, Flyn stated that Less than five per cent of hisincome comes from Hustler magazine. He speculated that he would not continue to publish Hustler in the next two or three years, and that the magazine would cease to exist in a few years. The abbreviation ‘L. F. P.’ originally stood for ‘Larry Flynt Publications’ The Hustler Casino in Gardena, California, is owned directly by Flynt as an individual through his holding company El Dorado Enterprises. The Beaver Hunt section of the. magazine contains explicit nudes of amateur models submitted by readers. After Flyn’s alleged conversion to evangelical Christianity, he promised to reform ‘Asshole of the Month’
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