GAUNTLET
Exploring The Limits Of Free Expression
Alternative, Biannual Magazine from United States
- First and last issue: 1990-2005

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DATABASE INFO: Completed listing
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Issue 24
2005

The Art and Artists of Animation and Film
Exclusive Interview with Joel Adams -- Paul Power
The Lost Art of Drawing: Illustrator Michael Bayouth -- Jan Reynolds
The Man Behind the Man: Bernard Custodio -- Won Minh
Nic Cuti: Comics and Why I No Longer Read Them --- Mike Watt
Donn Greer -- Don Greer
Features
Cannibal Corpse: Tracing a Decade of Death Metal, Censorship and the Billboard 200 -- Justin Norton
The Paradox of the Last Untouched Island on Earth: Another Look at Niihau -- Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.
Columns The Real Threat to a Free Internet -- Cynthya BrianKate
Internet Censorship -- Kane S. Latranz September 11, A Great Day for Censors: An Update -- Adam Groves
Reviews/Commentary
Shadows on the Shelf: Book Reviews -- Garrett Peck
Literary Lesions: Book Reviews -- William P. Simmons and Tomas Campbell
In the Groove: R&B Music Reviews -- Dexter Carter
Issue 23
2005

Animal Rights
Terrorists or Activists: The Debate About Animal Rights - Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.
Animals, Activism and Extremism: A West Coast Education - Justin M. Norton
Animal Rights Front (ALF): Extremists or Patriots - Joe Miele
Rights for Whom? - Nina Hartley
Earth Crisis: The Sound of Righteous Violence - Chad Hensley
Scales of Injustice - Rick Reilly
Feature
Fear and Loathing in New England - The Tom Sutton Story -- Nicola Cuti
Columns
Literary Lesions - William P. Simmons
Censors, Sedonists, And Smut Peddlers: Edward J. Cleary - Sacha A. Howells
Reviews/Commentary
September 11: A Great Day for Censors - Adam Groves
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
Shadows on the Shelf - Garrett Peck
Issue 22
2004

Independent Films: Part 2
Exclusive John Landis Interview - Mick Garris
'Enlightened' Cinema -Adam Groves
A Tale of Indie Success: Debbie Rochon - Mike Watt
Let He Without Money Shoot the First Frame
A Look at Micro-Budget Filmmaking - Mike Watt
Interview with Indie Filmmaker Don Coscarelli - Mick Garris
Foreign Filmmakers, Bomb Throwers,
Senators and Schmucks - Adam Groves
Feature
Blaming Bill Stout - Richard Cusick
Columns
NetSpeech 2001, Part 1 - Russ Kick
Why Fundamentalists Hate Sex - Nina Hartley
Censors, Sedonists, And Smut Peddlers: Upton Sinclair - Sacha A. Howells
Reviews
Shadows on the Shelf - Garrett Peck
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
Issue 21
2004

Independent Films: Part 1
Chains Without Balls - Lloyd Kaufman with Adam Jahnke
'Yeah, I Killed My Momma!' The Moral Ambiguity of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer -William P. Simmons
American Independent Productions from The New Poverty Row - Fred Olen Ray
Inventing Terror Interview with Jon Keeyes - Mike Watt
Censors, Sedonist, And Smut Peddlers: William H. Hays - Sacha A. Howells
Indie Films Take The Driver's Seat - Zack Venable
Columns
How Independent are Independent Films? - Nina Hartley
Under Penalty of Arrest: Your Art Or Your Freedom - Garrett Peck
NetSpeech 2000, Part 2 - Russ Kick
Literary Lesions - William P. Simmons
Fiction
A Life in the Cinema - Mick Garris
Reviews/Commentary Shadows on the Shelf - Garrett Peck
Goliath Prevails Over David and Born Bad excerpt - Barry Hoffman
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
Issue 20
2003

Outlaw Cartoonists
Suddenly . . . out of nowhere, Spain Interview with Spain Rodriguez - Justice Howard
The Poison Clarity of S. Clay Wilson - Richard Cusick
Welcome to Pin-Up Heaven Interview with Rikky Carralero - Justice Howard
TAT2 Andy and Skin Art Censorship - Clay Cob
Outlaw Illustrator Coop Interview with 'Coop' - Justice Howard
Columns
Are Sex-Positives the New Silent Majority? - Nina Hartley
Fighting City Hall - Garrett Peck
The Federal Reserve Bank, The IRS and Social Security: The Unholy Trinity - Robert D. Madison
NetSpeech 2000, Part 1 - Russ Kick
Critics of Israel's Peace Camp Face Threats to their Civil Liberties - Shawn D. Philips
Fiction
Fetus - Rain Graves
Reviews/Commentary
Shadows on the Shelf - Garrett Peck
Hollywood After Columbine - Adam Groves
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
Issue 19
2002

Comics in Crisis
Singing The Praises of Comics -Nina Hartley
Robert Williams: A Little Sanguine and A Lot of Fight-Del Howison
Diamond Distribution Headaches, Part 1-Tim Stroup and Mark Thompson
Diamond Distribution Headaches, Part 2-Tim Stroup and Mark Thompson
No Heaven For Superheroes -Tony Isabella
Julie Strain: Comic Book Goddess-Justice Howard
A Quick & Highly Opinionated Sketch of the Rall v. Hellman Lawsuit - Danny Hellman
The Never Ending Battle of the CBLDF - Peter David
Interview With Neil Gaiman, Part 2-Roel Torres
Stephen Bissette: The Ethics of Censorship-Del Howison
The Diamond Internet Controversy - Jamie Coville
Planet Comics: 4 Years Later-M. Terry Jackson
The Coming of the Comic Book Cutie - Justice Howard
Columns/Reviews
Columbine High v. Violence in the Media-Adam Groves
Bombs and Bongs! Books Are Burning-Russ Kick
NetSpeech99, Part 2-Russ Kick
In The Groove-Dexter Carter
Shadows on the Shelf-Garrett Peck
Issue 18
2002

Cover Stories
Is Candidate a Murderer?-Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma
Natural Born Censors -Stephen Rohde
The Feminine Mystique
Outrageous Roots & A Bright Future: Sex and Feminists-LaSara W. Firefox
Cast out of Suburbia-Jessica Heskin
Not All Feminists Look/(Think) Alike in the Dark-Molly Merryman, Ph. D.
The Many Faces of Feminism -Nina Hartley
Fiery Feminists -Justice Howard
Points of You-Rain Graves
The Future of Feminist Porn-Athena Douris
I'm A Cyber Feminist!-Mimi Miyagi
Interview With Julie Strain -Justice Howard
How I Collected My Power -Shar Rednour
Stripping The Shadow-Susan Bremmer
Fiction
Night Carousel-Ray Bradbury
Columns/Reviews
NetSpeech99 Part 1 -Russ Kick
In The Groove-Dexter Carter
Those Crazy Foreigners!-Adam Groves
Shadows on the Shelf-Garrett Peck
Speaking Plain -Russ Kick
Issue 17
2001

Persecution of Exotic Dance Clubs
Where Have All The Dirty Dancers Gone? - Ariel Hart
Dancing In the Millennuim -Not Pts. 1&2 - Jo Weldon
Rhetorical Rumba - Susan Bremer
Strawberries - Katherine Frank
Debunking Social Stigmas - Margot Rutman
Adult Businesses in Florida Fight Back - Donald Vaughan
Institutionalizes Racism & Exotic Dance Clubs - Charlie LaTour
There Once Was A Union Maid - David Steinberg
Some Room Of Their Own - David Steinberg
The Ballad of The Latexed Nipple - Tim Walker
Nina Knows - Ariel Hart
Support Your Local Strippers - Nina Hartley
The Case Against Strip Clubs - Ariel Covington
Erotic Art
Painted Ladies - Justice Howard
Anything Goes
NetSpeech '98, Part Two - Russ Kick
Fiction/Interviews
Elvis & Heroes In The Wilson Mythos - Del Howison
The Wringer - F. Paul Wilson
An Interview with Neil Gaiman - Roel Torres
Reviews
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
Blockbuster Video, Ted Turner & Other Tales of Terror - Adam Groves
Shadows On The Shelf - Garrett Peck
Issue 16
2000

Bad Boys(And Girl) of Erotic Photography
Born Naked: The Furor Over Nude Youths In Art - Russ Kick
The CPPA & The Criminalization Of Art - Lawrence A. Stanley
What Is Child Pornography? - Lawrence A. Stanley
Informed Consent - Nan DeVincent Hayes
The Internet
NetSpeech 98, Part 1 - Russ Kick
Bigoted Speech: The Speech We Hate To Defend - Charles Levendosky
Upon Hearing Of The Electronic Bogeyman - George Smith
Cybersex Access: Power To The People - David Steinberg
Anything Goes
The First Amendment Takes A Hit - Stephen F. Rohde
Art Or Merchandise? - Garrett Peck
Interview With Nat Hentoff - Anthony C. Bloom
Fiction/Interviews
R. C. Matheson Interview - Del Howison
Abused - Richard Christian Matheson
Poppy Z. Brite: Interviewed by Truman Capote
Homesick - Richard T. Chizmar
Reviews
Between The Covers - L.B. Carr
Speaking Plain - Russ Kick
In The Groove: R&B Reviews - Dexter Carter
Under Wraps - William K. Schafer
Hollywood Vs. Lolita: The Last Word - Adam Groves
Novel Excerpt
Eyes Of Prey - Barry Hoffman
Issue 15
1999

The Many Faces of S/M
I Love New York: Sensual Smorgasboard For The Masses -- Pearl Chavez
The S/M Underground -- Charlie LaTour
Interview With Mistress Ilsa Strix -- S.B. Forrest
Charles Gatewood: Photographer of the Forbidden -- David Aaron Clark
Much Thicker Than Water -- David Steinberg
Excerpts From the Personal Diary of Mistress Ilsa Strix: Bizarre Days--Ariel Hart
Keeping You Save in The Land of Danger -- Charlie LaTour
Anything Goes
Religous Series -- Justice Howard
Clive Barker: On Art, Censorship and Sexuality -- Del Howison
The Censor as Unwitting Ally -- Garrett Peck
Pin Money -- Fiction by Poppy Z. Brite
Dark Genius: Interview With George Carlin -- Richard Cusick
Politically Correct Language -- George Carlin
Porn...2 1/2
Nice Women Writing Erotica -- Emily Alward
Does It Really Have To Be Porn Vs. Erotica? -- Bobby Lilly
Picking Over Boogie Nights -- William Margold
Why The Christian Coalition Hates X-Rated Videos -- TL Wahl
Savannah: Piercing The Veil (Part II)
Columns/Updates/Reviews & Letters
Netspeech '97: Free Speech on the Internet -- Russ Kick
The Hitman Book Suit Comes Under Appeal -- Peter Huston
In The Groove -- Dexter Carter
Required Reading For Revolutionaries -- Russ Kick
Under Wraps: Fiction Reviews -- William K. Shafer
Banned in Oklahoma: No Drums, No Bugles, No Sense -- Adam Groves
Letters To The Editor
Issue 14
1998

PORN...PORN...AND MORE PORN
My Dinner with Fishbein - Aol Goldstein
Phallic Fallacies & Ball Blunders - Melissa Monet
From Real to Real: A Conversation with Annie Sprinkle - Don Vaughan
Pornography at the Millennium - Nina Hartley
The Legends of Erotica - William Margold
Star Bright: An Interview with Susie Bright - Don Vaughan
Why I Prefer Amateur Porn - Wes Trails
Words That Abuse: An Interview with Cathy Tavel - Don Vaughan
pornARTraphy - Justice Howard
The Cult of Conservative Feminism - Carol Queen
Harm to Whom? - Kat Sunlove & Lane Winklebleck
The Cyber-Sex Explosion: Cumming to A Computer Terminal Near You - Flance Manning
The Criminalization of American Sexual Culture - Charlie LaTour
In the Name of Protecting Children - Jeffrey Douglas
Freedom of Cyberspeech - Stephen J. Rohde
We Have Seen a Land of Censorship and It Is Canada - Stephen J. Rohde
Is it Time to Overturn the Miller Standard? - Lloyd K. Stires
Coming Out as a Pervert - Darklady
PORN AND COMICS
Don't Be Scared, It's Only a Comic Book - Jay Allen Sanford
Savannah: Piercing the Veil (Part I)
MUSIC REVIEWS
In the Groove - Dexter Carter
BOOK REVIEWS
Required Reading for Sexual Revolutionaries - Russ Kirk
Under Wraps: Fiction Reviews - William K. Shafer
COVER STORY
Murder Manual Produced Lawsuit - Peter Huston
COMICS SUPPRESSION
Sexual Harassment and Beetle Bailey - Lewis Kamb
The Beetle, The Buxley and Beetle Bailey - Richard Cusick
EROTIC ART
Poetry or Pornography? Photography of Nina Glaser - Susan Harrow
ANYTHING GOES
Can Television Tell the Difference Between a Coup and a Revolution?
A Conversation with Andrei Cordrescu - Zachary Margulis
Outspoken Professor Wins Victory in Academic Freedom Case - Stephen Rohde
Seattle Police Bust Alternative Writer - Peter Huston
My Date with Bob Black - Peter Huston
GAUNTLET FICTION
Reluctant Warrior - Ariel Dampier
THE MUSIC SCENE
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
BOOK REVIEWS
Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick
Between the Covers - David Reed
From the Stacks - Jeff Rust
Under Wraps - William K. Schafer
Issue 13
1998

COVER STORY
Murder Manual Produced Lawsuit - Peter Huston
COMICS SUPPRESSION
Sexual Harassment and Beetle Bailey - Lewis Kamb
The Beetle, The Buxley and Beetle Bailey - Richard Cusick
EROTIC ART
Poetry or Pornography? Photography of Nina Glaser - Susan Harrow
ANYTHING GOES
Can Television Tell the Difference Between a Coup and a Revolution? A Conversation with Andrei Cordrescu - Zachary Margulis
Outspoken Professor Wins Victory in Academic Freedom Case - Stephen Rohde
Seattle Police Bust Alternative Writer - Peter Huston
My Date with Bob Black - Peter Huston
GAUNTLET FICTION
Reluctant Warrior - Ariel Dampier
THE MUSIC SCENE
In The Groove - Dexter Carter
BOOK REVIEWS
Required Reading for Revolutionaries - Russ Kick
Between the Covers - David Reed
From the Stacks - Jeff Rust
Under Wraps - William K. Schafer
NOVEL EXCERPT
Hungry Eyes - Barry Hoffman

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8 December 2017

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