Drum (U.S., 1964–1967), December 1965 issue was the first U.S. magazine to show male frontal nudity For Cheri magazine, Wolff hired adult film regulars Kim Pope and Jody Maxwell as contributors. According to a recent interview The Rialto Report conducted with Kim Pope, she was living with Wolff and his wife at the time, and her column was largely ghost-written by Wolff himself using conversations about Pope’s experiences as the basis of the column. Jody Maxwell, who was then living in Kansas, was described as a “former Young Republican who will be covering the Bible belt – and up-coming presidential elections.”‘ The first issue of Cheri came out in August 1976 – with a typically over-the-top announcement by Peter Wolff that mirrored a similarly hyperbolic introduction he had written when he launched High Society just three months earlier:

In early 1976, Carl Ruderman needed a figurehead to divert attention from his position as publisher. He hired Peter Wolff – but Wolff suggested he appoint a nominal female ‘publisher’ instead. And not just any female – he wanted a glamorous woman already associated with the New York sex scene. Wolff suggested adult film actress Bree Anthony, star of porno hits Oriental Blue, The Vixens of Kung Fu, Highway Hookers, and others. Appointing Bree Anthony proved a smart idea – and selecting her eventual successor, adult film actress Gloria Leonard, an even smarter one. Remarkably, given the number of controversies and articles generated, the August issue of Cheri marked only the first year anniversary of the magazine. A good portion of the issue is dedicated to reliving highlights from the previous year, such as Jamie Gillis and Terri Hall’s photo spread from Terri’s S&M dungeon, and a pictorial with the genitally-malleable Veri Knotty.

We continue our review of the history of east coast publication Cheri, looking at the magazine’s third year in business: 1978. This is a list of pornographic magazines (sometimes called erotic magazines or adult magazines) — magazines that contain content of a sexual nature and are typically considered to be pornography. Cheri’s first issue of 1977 continued the magazine’s unique vision created by chief editor Peter Wolff. Wolff differed from porn publisher magnates like Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione in that he had little time for the fantasy world of beautiful people. He was fascinated by the sexual interests of common men – and their wives. He wanted to democratize content and involve his readers directly in the magazines he produced. The main pictorial features the winners of the write-to-Kim-Pope-and-tell-her-why-you-should-have-sex-with-her competition – shown in action with the subject of their obsession, the one-and-only Kim Pope.

We continue our review of the history of east coast publication Cheri, looking at the magazine’s second year in business: 1977. (You can read about the first year of Cheri here.) As if Mary Mendum isn’t enough, the inside cover displays Jeanne Silver who is also interviewed and featured in a pictorial and centerfold. She describes running away from her native Arizona, and hooking on the streets of New York. She is also in a Cheri subscription advertisement. Fanne Foxe’s monthly trip was to New Orleans, and as usual she headed there with Andrea Ambers, C.B. Lucci, and photographer Peter Hurd to report from the various sex clubs and brothels on Bourbon Street.

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This month’s porn star interview featured Marlene Willoughby, and was accompanied by a series of photos of Marlene dressed up as a maid, a dominatrix, and Fidel Castro (seriously…). She described appearing in the off Broadway play, Che, having sex with John Holmes, and her relationships with men. Men (Specialty Media, U.S., monthly, October 1997 – November 2009), began as Advocate Men in June 1984 Also of relevance to the adult film scene is an article about the new Sharon Mitchell film Joy, referred to here as ‘Sex Crazy.’The following is a list of gay pornographic magazines, with country of publication and approximate period of publication, where available: We continue our digitization project with the east coast film publication Cheri, looking at the birth of the magazine, and reviewing all the issues from 1976, its first year in business.