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Gauntlet #3
Gauntlet: Exploring the Limits of Free Expressions, Number 3: Politically (In)Correct Issue
Complete Contents:
Editorial
OPENERS
Assorted Short Takes
NEWS AND VIEWS
Trial by Media - Melinda McAdams
Accused Rapists Do Not Have the Right to Anonymity - Natalie Latorre
In God's Name - Barbara L. Delhotal
Burning Issue - Lamark Waldron & Ted Boonthanakit (comic)
Profiles in Courage: Bill Baird - Harvey Wood
Right To Life Game - Trina Robbins (comic)
Political and Corporate Censorship in the Land of the Free - John Shirley
Boy Scouts and Freedom From Religion - Donna Bocian
PERSIAN GULF WAR
Desert Storm Confidential - Ed Cafasso
Disgrace Behind the Glory - Leigh Roche
Female War Resistor Stands Her Ground - Aaron Nauth
Fired for Peace - Joe Reedy
UPDATES
Update from Broward County: 2 Live Crew - Deborah Wilker
2 Live Crew: The Double Standard is Alive and Well in the Nineties - Trina Robbins with Carol Leigh
Father Pfleger: Round 2 - Donna Bocian
RETROSPECTIVES
Lenny Bruce is Dead - Harlan Ellison
Lenny and Andre - Allen Sonnenschein
William M. Gaines Interview - Stephen Ringgenberg
POLITICALLY (IN)CORRECT SECTION
Gauntlet Bob - Russ Miller (comic intro)
Political Correctness: Getting There - Allan Sonnenschein
Politically Correct and Unrepentant - William Rose
Top Ten "PC" Media Mouths - Teri Wingender
Disturbing Images: Cartoonist John Callahan - Mike Baker
P.C. Retrofix - Rex Miller
Rex's House Dictionary (sidebar) - Rex Miller
Political Correct Bashing - Sleeping With the Enemy - John Ames
Beware of the Proselytizing Vegetarians - John Sutherland
Your "PC" Quotient - Richard Dominick
When Is a Joke A Slur - Hill McIntosh
Contradictions - Darryl Hattenhauer
1991 Most/Least Politically Correct - Bill Paige
America: A Great Place to Raise Your Kids - Ken Rand
More Heat Than Light - Wayne R. Smith & B.J. Barnes (comic)
From Lip Service to Forked Tongue - Teri Wingender
The "Rap" of PC - Patrick Lawless
My Dinner With the Politically Correct - Richard Dominick
Show Us You're Nuts - Duane Swierczynski
Hey, I Gotta You "PC"…Right Here! - Thomas F. Monteleone
COMICS
Finding The Cost of Freedom - Kate Worley
Watching the Media Watcher - Harvey Pekar
"…There's A Way" Remembering Dori Seda - Leslie Sternbergh
Of Nice and Men - Russ Miller (text and comic)
Interview with Joe Coleman - Carlo McCormick
FICTION
Freakbabies - Nancy A. Collins
Love Is Where You Buy It - Brian Hodge
Pelts - F. Paul Wilson, comic-strip adaptation by Russ Miller
Hester - Dave Swartout
Objects - Ron Leming
The Limits of Fantasy - Ramsey Campbell
Monsters - Jay Owens
The Process - Steve Rasnic Tem
Blind Hatred - Oliver Zschenker
Death at Eleven - Elizabeth Massie
Lines From a Diary - Trina Robbins
Vampire - Richard Christian Matheson
Laugh Track - Brian Riordan
Flesh Eating Muthas - James Kisner
ANYTHING GOES
Lyrics of Abuse Find Audience - Steve Lopez
Censor N.W.A.? Give Me A Break - Dave Marsh
The Tupelo Ayatollah - Skipp Porteous
Standing Up Against Censors (sidebar) - Skipp Porteous
San Francisco vs. Basic Instinct - Rebecka Wright
It Must Be The Camera - Stan Higgins
Top Ten Censorship Stories of 1991 - John Rosenman
King's Critics: A Reader's Smorgasbord - Michael R. Collins
Cherie Gaulke: Performance Artist Under Attack - William Relling, Jr.
The Shameful Enforcement of Video Chastity - Joseph P. Cunningham
Censor Me, Please! - Adam Alexander
A Challenge to the Media - W. Wilson Goode
BOOK REVIEWS
House of Fiction - Tom McDonald
Taboo Text - Linda Marotta
Behind the Mask: Non-Fiction Reviews - Matthew J. Costello
Editorial
OPENERS
Assorted Short Takes
NEWS AND VIEWS
Trial by Media - Melinda McAdams
Accused Rapists Do Not Have the Right to Anonymity - Natalie Latorre
In God's Name - Barbara L. Delhotal
Burning Issue - Lamark Waldron & Ted Boonthanakit (comic)
Profiles in Courage: Bill Baird - Harvey Wood
Right To Life Game - Trina Robbins (comic)
Political and Corporate Censorship in the Land of the Free - John Shirley
Boy Scouts and Freedom From Religion - Donna Bocian
PERSIAN GULF WAR
Desert Storm Confidential - Ed Cafasso
Disgrace Behind the Glory - Leigh Roche
Female War Resistor Stands Her Ground - Aaron Nauth
Fired for Peace - Joe Reedy
UPDATES
Update from Broward County: 2 Live Crew - Deborah Wilker
2 Live Crew: The Double Standard is Alive and Well in the Nineties - Trina Robbins with Carol Leigh
Father Pfleger: Round 2 - Donna Bocian
RETROSPECTIVES
Lenny Bruce is Dead - Harlan Ellison
Lenny and Andre - Allen Sonnenschein
William M. Gaines Interview - Stephen Ringgenberg
POLITICALLY (IN)CORRECT SECTION
Gauntlet Bob - Russ Miller (comic intro)
Political Correctness: Getting There - Allan Sonnenschein
Politically Correct and Unrepentant - William Rose
Top Ten "PC" Media Mouths - Teri Wingender
Disturbing Images: Cartoonist John Callahan - Mike Baker
P.C. Retrofix - Rex Miller
Rex's House Dictionary (sidebar) - Rex Miller
Political Correct Bashing - Sleeping With the Enemy - John Ames
Beware of the Proselytizing Vegetarians - John Sutherland
Your "PC" Quotient - Richard Dominick
When Is a Joke A Slur - Hill McIntosh
Contradictions - Darryl Hattenhauer
1991 Most/Least Politically Correct - Bill Paige
America: A Great Place to Raise Your Kids - Ken Rand
More Heat Than Light - Wayne R. Smith & B.J. Barnes (comic)
From Lip Service to Forked Tongue - Teri Wingender
The "Rap" of PC - Patrick Lawless
My Dinner With the Politically Correct - Richard Dominick
Show Us You're Nuts - Duane Swierczynski
Hey, I Gotta You "PC"…Right Here! - Thomas F. Monteleone
COMICS
Finding The Cost of Freedom - Kate Worley
Watching the Media Watcher - Harvey Pekar
"…There's A Way" Remembering Dori Seda - Leslie Sternbergh
Of Nice and Men - Russ Miller (text and comic)
Interview with Joe Coleman - Carlo McCormick
FICTION
Freakbabies - Nancy A. Collins
Love Is Where You Buy It - Brian Hodge
Pelts - F. Paul Wilson, comic-strip adaptation by Russ Miller
Hester - Dave Swartout
Objects - Ron Leming
The Limits of Fantasy - Ramsey Campbell
Monsters - Jay Owens
The Process - Steve Rasnic Tem
Blind Hatred - Oliver Zschenker
Death at Eleven - Elizabeth Massie
Lines From a Diary - Trina Robbins
Vampire - Richard Christian Matheson
Laugh Track - Brian Riordan
Flesh Eating Muthas - James Kisner
ANYTHING GOES
Lyrics of Abuse Find Audience - Steve Lopez
Censor N.W.A.? Give Me A Break - Dave Marsh
The Tupelo Ayatollah - Skipp Porteous
Standing Up Against Censors (sidebar) - Skipp Porteous
San Francisco vs. Basic Instinct - Rebecka Wright
It Must Be The Camera - Stan Higgins
Top Ten Censorship Stories of 1991 - John Rosenman
King's Critics: A Reader's Smorgasbord - Michael R. Collins
Cherie Gaulke: Performance Artist Under Attack - William Relling, Jr.
The Shameful Enforcement of Video Chastity - Joseph P. Cunningham
Censor Me, Please! - Adam Alexander
A Challenge to the Media - W. Wilson Goode
BOOK REVIEWS
House of Fiction - Tom McDonald
Taboo Text - Linda Marotta
Behind the Mask: Non-Fiction Reviews - Matthew J. Costello
336 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1992
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November 26, 2020
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. From the September 1997 edition with a theme of "The Magazine Section":
INTRODUCTION
After wading through over 300 pages of comic book entries in the monthly PREVIEWS catalog, it might be tempting to call it a day and skip the final couple hundred pages so you can get your order in before the deadline. However, there are many treasures buried in that final chunk which you'd be missing. Some of my favorites are hidden in the "Magazines" section which immediately follows the comics.
BE SCARED! BE VERY, VERY SCARED!
GAUNTLET #1-13 (Gauntlet, Inc.)
If you love comics, books, television or the internet, GAUNTLET is the most important magazine you may not be buying. Dedicated to "Exploring the Limits of Free Expression," GAUNTLET stands guard against the narrow-minded censors who want to keep you from experiencing ideas which threaten their world order. GAUNTLET reports exclusively on issues concerning the First Amendment to the Constitution.
GAUNTLET strives to publicize any suppression of writing, artwork or photography. The favorite tactic at GAUNTLET is to accompany any article about suppression with the text of the banned story or pictures of the banned artwork or photography. This allows the reader to make her own judgement on the material. (Warning: The explicit nature of these stories and pictures makes GAUNTLET inappropriate for children.) Sometimes the material is shocking, and sometimes the fact that someone could find the material offensive is shocking. Recent issues of GAUNTLET have highlighted Howard Stern's struggles with the FCC, the outrage over the internet-restricting Communications Decency Act (CDA), and, of course, pornography. The upcoming issue #14 is scheduled to be a sequel to issue #5: "Porn in the USA."
Actively pursuing comics fans, GAUNTLET frequently focuses on the comic book field. There has been running coverage of the Mike Diana conviction and the Planet Comics bust. (If you don't know these names, you definitely need to be reading GAUNTLET.) Comic book creators who have contributed articles, stories or art to GAUNTLET include Stephen R. Bissette, Kate Worley, Harvey Pekar, Jim Woodring, Roberta Gregory, Angela Bocage, and Reed Waller, Comic book figures who have been interviewed include Gary Groth, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Coleman. Dori Seda, William M. Gaines, and Bobby London have all been the subject of articles. Issue #13, the most recent, had a cover story on the controversy surrounding the politically incorrect attitude of Mort Walker's "Beetle Bailey" comic strip. As a final lure for comics fans, GAUNTLET changed its format with issue #12 to take on the shape and size of a (very thick) comic book.
First amendment rights frequently cross over with other, broader issues. GAUNTLET has given the cover spotlight to political correctness, media manipulation, sexual harassment, black racism, prostitution, and cults. Issue #12 featured stories about the legalization of marijuana and the role actor Woody Harrelson has assumed as a hemp advocate.
GAUNTLET is a little rough around the edges and has a few flaws. The biggest problem is frequency; GAUNTLET comes out only twice a year, in May and November. The magazine suffers from some typos and other small glitches on occasion. The layout of GAUNTLET is austere and dull; the pages rarely deviate from two typeset columns. The quality of the writing, on the other hand, varies wildly from article to article, ranging from the highly professional to the barely adequate. While many articles are objective, too many become unbalanced polemics. Articles from opposing viewpoints are sometimes included, but not often enough to keep the magazine's bias from being completely lopsided on any given topic. However, the information contained in GAUNTLET carries it above the drawbacks of the package. Creator/editor/publisher Barry Hoffman can be proud of the passion that shines through in every issue.
As someone who loves to read, I feel that GAUNTLET serves a very important purpose. It's a wake up call to everyone that every day, somewhere, somebody is eroding the First Amendment. Read GAUNTLET. Become outraged. Then begin contributing to freedom of speech advocacy groups such as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) or the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Without these guardians, we may one day find ourselves in a society where the books I discuss in this column no longer exist.
Grade: A-
INTRODUCTION
After wading through over 300 pages of comic book entries in the monthly PREVIEWS catalog, it might be tempting to call it a day and skip the final couple hundred pages so you can get your order in before the deadline. However, there are many treasures buried in that final chunk which you'd be missing. Some of my favorites are hidden in the "Magazines" section which immediately follows the comics.
BE SCARED! BE VERY, VERY SCARED!
GAUNTLET #1-13 (Gauntlet, Inc.)
If you love comics, books, television or the internet, GAUNTLET is the most important magazine you may not be buying. Dedicated to "Exploring the Limits of Free Expression," GAUNTLET stands guard against the narrow-minded censors who want to keep you from experiencing ideas which threaten their world order. GAUNTLET reports exclusively on issues concerning the First Amendment to the Constitution.
GAUNTLET strives to publicize any suppression of writing, artwork or photography. The favorite tactic at GAUNTLET is to accompany any article about suppression with the text of the banned story or pictures of the banned artwork or photography. This allows the reader to make her own judgement on the material. (Warning: The explicit nature of these stories and pictures makes GAUNTLET inappropriate for children.) Sometimes the material is shocking, and sometimes the fact that someone could find the material offensive is shocking. Recent issues of GAUNTLET have highlighted Howard Stern's struggles with the FCC, the outrage over the internet-restricting Communications Decency Act (CDA), and, of course, pornography. The upcoming issue #14 is scheduled to be a sequel to issue #5: "Porn in the USA."
Actively pursuing comics fans, GAUNTLET frequently focuses on the comic book field. There has been running coverage of the Mike Diana conviction and the Planet Comics bust. (If you don't know these names, you definitely need to be reading GAUNTLET.) Comic book creators who have contributed articles, stories or art to GAUNTLET include Stephen R. Bissette, Kate Worley, Harvey Pekar, Jim Woodring, Roberta Gregory, Angela Bocage, and Reed Waller, Comic book figures who have been interviewed include Gary Groth, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Coleman. Dori Seda, William M. Gaines, and Bobby London have all been the subject of articles. Issue #13, the most recent, had a cover story on the controversy surrounding the politically incorrect attitude of Mort Walker's "Beetle Bailey" comic strip. As a final lure for comics fans, GAUNTLET changed its format with issue #12 to take on the shape and size of a (very thick) comic book.
First amendment rights frequently cross over with other, broader issues. GAUNTLET has given the cover spotlight to political correctness, media manipulation, sexual harassment, black racism, prostitution, and cults. Issue #12 featured stories about the legalization of marijuana and the role actor Woody Harrelson has assumed as a hemp advocate.
GAUNTLET is a little rough around the edges and has a few flaws. The biggest problem is frequency; GAUNTLET comes out only twice a year, in May and November. The magazine suffers from some typos and other small glitches on occasion. The layout of GAUNTLET is austere and dull; the pages rarely deviate from two typeset columns. The quality of the writing, on the other hand, varies wildly from article to article, ranging from the highly professional to the barely adequate. While many articles are objective, too many become unbalanced polemics. Articles from opposing viewpoints are sometimes included, but not often enough to keep the magazine's bias from being completely lopsided on any given topic. However, the information contained in GAUNTLET carries it above the drawbacks of the package. Creator/editor/publisher Barry Hoffman can be proud of the passion that shines through in every issue.
As someone who loves to read, I feel that GAUNTLET serves a very important purpose. It's a wake up call to everyone that every day, somewhere, somebody is eroding the First Amendment. Read GAUNTLET. Become outraged. Then begin contributing to freedom of speech advocacy groups such as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) or the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Without these guardians, we may one day find ourselves in a society where the books I discuss in this column no longer exist.
Grade: A-
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