FEATURES
14 Black Christmas
An interview with Robert Black; a very, very naughty boy.
22 Interview
Shayla LaVeaux
The best things in life come in small packages.
38 I Made an Amateur Video and Lived to Tell About It!
VW grants a simple man's perverted wish.
46 Tom Byron
The Pizza Boy grows up.
54 On The Set
John Q. Public bangs his favorite XXX star in the new Dark Star "Ultimate
Fantasy" line.
68 On The Set — Head Over Heels
More like heels over heads.
80 On The Set — Cafe Flesh
A post-apocalyptic sequel.
94 Viva El Max
On the road with Max Hardcore. REVIEWS
8 HEAT
Heather Hunter stars in it and you can't spell her name without it.
18 VIEWPOINT
A Vivid showcase for Chasey Lain!
28 VIDEO VIRGINS #35
Witness the birth of a future porn queen.
34 JENTEAL LOVES ROCCO
A match made in heaven... or maybe hell.
42 BUTTWATCH: THE NEW RECRUITS
Babes and butts. Babes and butts.
50 SHAMELESS STRIPPERS
Are there any other kind?
60 MAXED OUT #3
Things only get nastier!
62 BAD WIVES
Are there any other kind? (Only kidding.)
76 FEMANIA
A great vid, but the title sounds like a disease.
84 FETISH
Not for the faint of heart.
90 LUST & LARCENY
It's guaranteed to steal your heart.
100 SUGAR WALLS
Chocolate treats dripping with honey.
104 DEGREES OF DECADENCE
A nasty initiation into the biz for some very cute girls.
108 PICK UP LINES #14
This series is always hot.
112 ENCHANTED
You'll soon be!
116 PRIVATE STORIES AMONG FRIENDS Vol. 21
Kinda kinky stuff—with an international flair.
118 STRIPPER'S SERENADE
It's music to our ears.
122 ASSY #4
1, 2 and 3 haven't disappointed us! Find out about 4.
126 EVERYBODY WANTS SOME 3
Whatever it is, we want some, too. DEPARTMENTS
6 Letters
Surprisingly caustic responses.
72 Amateur Review
The Red Shoe Diaries
88 Mary Arno's Top Ten
It's a big breasts bonanza!
124 Book Review
Sexy page-turners!
128 List of Lust
A complete sleaze compendium!
EDITORIAL NOTE
Do you think the world of contemporary om, like other forms of art, reflects the
attitudes, moods and general temperament of modern society. Does the angle Brad
Armstrong chooses to shoot Christy Canyon's — oh, so natural — heaving
breasts some kind of political statement? When Max Steiner's in the editing room
and decides to have the ending credits roll against a dose-up of a speculum inserted
up Kimi's vagina is he commenting on the health care crisis in America? When Robert
Black devotes an entire video to the art of girls sucking semen up through straws
is he criticizing the feeble worldwide attempts to save the rain forests?
Well, don't be so quick to laugh it all off. Like it or not, everyone —
you, the bum on the corner, and yes, even your selfish, egomaniacal pornographers
are effected — whether consciously and/or subconsciously — by the
state of affairs around them. So, it's not so far fetched to believe that on some
level the work of today's top "arteest of the feelthy pictures" is as
good an artistic interpretation of the present day social integrity as a painting
by the nasty but talented Julian Schnabel.
Okay, enough pointless pondering. Let's kick things off with the words of the
famous B-movie director Lee Sobel, when he turned to his leading lady and said,
"What shit ya got in there?"
This month's "shit" consists of: an interview with that little bundle
of sexual dynamite Shayla LeVeaux; Q & A's with Tom "The Pizza Boy"
Byron and Robert Black; an amazing story from an everyday guy who was given a
video camera, two hot chicks, a stud and 4 hours to make his first adult video;
on-the-set pieces from all over the United States, plus a trip south of the border
with Max Hardcore; Amateur action; Mary Arno's Top Ten; Porn Couture; the latest
books and, of course, the hottest video reviews.
Read it and weep.
The Editors
Features in This Issue
Covergirl Shayla LaVeaux
Video Virgins! They Lose Their Anal Cherries!
The Most Feared Man In Porn! Is Max Hardcore A Total Mad Man?
Big Boob Bust Out! Top 10 Tit Pics!
Shayla LaVeaux interviewed by David Luger
The Big Behind-The-Scenes Issue!
About Swank Confidential
Swank is an adult or pornographic magazine published in the United States. The first incarnation was launched by Victor Fox of Fox Comics in 1941 (and again in 1945) as a men's lifestyle and 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, Stag, the magazine was bought by the Magna Publishing Group in 1993. Following that acquisition, the format of Swank changed to include hardcore sex, such as the use of sex toys, lesbian sex, and sexual intercourse between men and women. There are also a series of DVDs and an official website produced under the Swank name. Magna Publishing Group was bought by 1-800-PHONESEX in 2015.
According to its current owner, Magna Publishing Group, Swank has been established for "well over 65 years". A men's lifestyle title called Swank was launched in the early 1940s, by Victor Fox. In a 2002 article for The New York Times, Matthew Flamm wrote of the magazine's genesis: "[Swank] can even draw a line to the same pulp publishing outfit – Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company – that in 1939 started the comic book publisher that eventually became Marvel Comics, and that in the 1950s and 1960s employed future novelists like Mario Puzo and Bruce Jay Friedman as writers and editors." Beat poet John Fles also wrote for the magazine. In keeping with its connection to Magazine Management, in the early 1970s Swank ran a three-page comics section that was created by Vaughn Bodē, and continued by Bernie Wrightson and then Jeff Jones.
During its first two decades of operation, Swank had breaks in publication lasting up to several years. The original format was similar to that of the popular men's title Esquire. 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.
A later incarnation celebrated its 20th birthday on the cover of the October 1977 issue. By that time, the content included music-related feature articles by journalist and author Michael Gross.
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. 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.
About the Publisher, Swank
Swank is an adult or pornographic magazine published in the United States. The first incarnation was launched by Victor Fox of Fox Comics in 1941 (and again in 1945) as a men's lifestyle and 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, Stag, the magazine was bought by the Magna Publishing Group in 1993. Following that acquisition, the format of Swank changed to include hardcore sex, such as the use of sex toys, lesbian sex, and sexual intercourse between men and women.
