Playboy (Taiwan) October 1997 Magazine Back Issue

• Covergirl Zhong Zhen (Jessica Chung) (Nude)
• Playmate of the Month is Layla Roberts
• No. 16 October 1997
• Mel Gibson Playboy
• Interview with Mel Gibson

Playboy Sweden started publishing in April 1990 and discontinued publishing in December 2003. There are over 22 million Taiwanese which makes this country a feasible location to make it profitable to publish Playboy magazine. However, with Taiwan's lax sex laws and a plethora of other Taiwanese adult magazine titles, as well as a low median income, Playboy was not able to turn a profit in this country and thus ceased publishing.

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Erich Sokol, Roy Raymonde, Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wilson. Playboy features monthly interviews of notable public figures, such as artists, architects, economists, composers, conductors, film directors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, religious figures, politicians, athletes, and race car drivers. The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance, although it often interviews conservative celebrities.