Chic (pornographic magazine)

{{Short description|Defunct American pornographic magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} thumb|right|240px|Cover of ''Chic'' magazine (November 1989) '''''Chic''''' was an American pornographic magazine first issued by Larry Flynt, of ''Hustler'' fame, in November 1976.<ref name="abe">{{cite web |title=Seller Image CHIC Magazine ISSUE #1 |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/chic-magazine/author/larry-flynt/first-edition/ |work=Abe Books |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> The publisher was CHIC Magazine Inc. based in Columbus, Ohio.<ref name="abe"/>

Intentionally less controversial than ''Hustler'', but similar overall in layout and content, the magazine was an attempt to emulate the more upscale style of rivals such as ''Penthouse'' and ''Oui''. Early issues of ''Chic'' were oversized; the magazine changed to typical smaller dimensions in 1978. In 1979, Flynt went on trial for obscenity charges over eight issues of ''Hustler'' and three issues of ''Chic'' magazine. <ref>{{cite news |title=Flynt defense dealt severe blow |agency=Associated Press |date=1979-03-22 |work=Rome News Tribune |pages=8A}}</ref>

In 1984, a Texas woman, Jeannie Braun, successfully sued ''Chic'' for publishing a photo of herself and "Ralph the Diving Pig" in the magazine. She had contended that the editor had misrepresented ''Chic'' as a fashion magazine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Larry Flynt Publication Must Pay Texas Woman |agency=Associated Press |date=1984-10-10 |work=The Victoria Advocate |pages=10A}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Advertising and Public Relations Law |last=Moore |first=Roy L. |author2=Ronald T. Farrar |author3=Eric Collins |year=1998 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/advertisingpubli00royl/page/237 237–238] |isbn=9780805816792 |url=https://archive.org/details/advertisingpubli00royl |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Alderman, Ellen |author2=Caroline Kennedy |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Vintage Books |title=The Right to Privacy |place=New York |year=1997 |isbn=0-679-41986-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/righttoprivacyalde00alde}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ms.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19840514_0041150.C05.htm/qx |title=Braun v. Flynt |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327210123/http://ms.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19840514_0041150.C05.htm/qx |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Chic'' ceased publication in December 2001.

==Contributors== * G. Gordon Liddy<ref>Liddy, G. Gordon. "American Nightmare." ''Chic'' (US), vol. 2, no. 1 (Nov. 1977).</ref>

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