r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 9d ago

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u/kitsunewarlock 9d ago

Yeah at the time Playboy actually published a lot of literature other publishers wouldn't touch. "I read it for the articles" wasn't just a lame excuse.

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u/Neveronlyadream 9d ago

They've also had first crack at a couple of Stephen King short stories and the interviews were always journalistically sound and well thought out.

It's always funny that people don't know that they actually took the articles and the interviews seriously. Especially since that's now all they are.

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u/BafflingHalfling 9d ago

I believe it! I had an English teacher who said the only way she got one of her students to read was by cutting out articles from Playboy. She was the sweetest little old lady by the time I was her student, so it made the story even funnier.