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| Categories | Pornographic magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1956; 69 years ago (1956) |
| Company | Magna Publishing Group |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | web |
Gent was apornographic magazine published by theMagna Publishing Group, publisher ofSwank,Genesis,Velvet and many other popular men's magazines. It focused on women with large breasts, and is subtitled "Home of the D-Cups".
Begun in 1956[1] by Excellent Publications, Inc. asThe Gent, it was one of a number of "skin magazine" startups at the time aimed at male readers in imitation ofPlayboy and hoping for similar success.[2] It was soon prosecuted forobscenity by theUnited States Postal Service, but was found not obscene at that time. Skin magazines in general andGent specifically proved to be a fiction market for popular writers likeHarlan Ellison, one that was more open because it was "a little less constrained by fiction market formulas."[3]
It was again prosecuted inNew York State, but theNew York State Court of Appeals ruled that since it was nothardcore pornography it could not be found to be obscene.[4] The case has been described as "for a time and perhaps even now [in 2003], [...] the single most important obscenity case decided" by that court and "the focal point for addressing the issues of legal regulation of obscenity in New York."[5] It was prosecuted again inArkansas, where a jury convicted it, but theUnited States Supreme Court agreed to review the case,[6] bundling it inRedrup v. New York.
It continued to be a market for popular fiction through the 1970s,[7] 80s (then put out by Dugent Publishing Corp.)[8] and 90s,[9] publishing pieces such as "Strawberry Spring" byStephen King.[10] In later years, it was owned by the Princeton Media Group, publisher of other similar magazines such asOui[11] at which time it was derided by some as a "working-classPlayboy wannabe", and overshadowed by the publicity surroundingHustler publisherLarry Flynt.[12]
Gent has ceased publication.[13]
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AnotherGent magazine was published in Japan in the 1980s. Targeted at local fans of Western adult films, it was unrelated to the American publication and had a glossier look.
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