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''Penthouse Comix'' was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International/General Media Communications〔( Grand Comics Database: ''Penthouse Comix'' )〕 from spring 1994 through July 1998. Founded and initially edited by George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfeld, it ran 32 issues〔(Grand Comics Database: ''Penthouse Comix'' cover index )〕 plus one special edition.〔(Grand Comics Database: ''Penthouse Comix'' #1 Special Edition 1995 )〕 Foreign versions of ''Penthouse Comix'' continue to be published. == Publication history == ''Penthouse Comix'' began after publisher Bob Guccione agreed to a budget that was designed to cherry pick top art talent from competitors. This resulted in ''Penthouse Comix'' offering a per-page art rate to freelancers of $800, the largest ever established as a standard for comic book line art. After a thee-issue installment trial run as an insert feature in ''Penthouse Magazine'', ''Penthouse Comix'' was expanded into a stand-alone magazine. The first issue, a 96-page, color, glossy magazine, appeared in spring 1994. It featured work by Adam Hughes, Garry Leach, Kevin Nowlan, Mike Harris, Arthur Suydam, Jordan Raskin, Horacio Altuna, and Milo Manara. Subsequent issues contained work by comic book artists such as Richard Corben, Tony Salmons, Bart Sears and Gray Morrow. Early issues eschewed hardcore sex in favor of soft-core nudity and satiric humor. Sold on newsstands, the periodical debuted in a squarebound magazine format 27.5 centimeters high and 20.7 cm wide. With issue #11, the size was reduced to 26.7 cm high and 20.4 cm wide. From issue #26 to the end of its run, ''Penthouse Comix'' was published at standard modern comic-book size, with saddle-stitching, card-stock covers, and glossy interior pages. Issues #6-7 were published in both a magazine-size newsstand edition and a comic-book sized direct-market edition for sale in comic-book stores.〔 Two additional titles were later added to the line: The seven-issue ''Men's Adventure Comix'' (cover-titled ''Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix'') (April/May 1995 - April/May 1996),〔(Grand Comics Database: ''Men's Adventure Comix'' )〕 and the three-issue (March/April 1995 - Oct./Nov. 1995) ''Omni Comix'',〔(Grand Comics Database: ''Omni Comix'' )〕 the latter a companion to the science magazine ''Omni''. Editor-in-chief George Caragonne, who was developing a history of erratic behavior,〔Evanier, Mark. ("George" ). ''POV Online: News from Me'' (July 20, 2005).〕 purged managing editor Horatio Weisfeld during the production of ''Penthouse Comix'' #4. After Weisfeld's departure, some top-line artists began abandoning assignments, to be replaced by lesser talents, while overall quality and sales declined. In 1995, Caragonne was accused of embezzlement by Penthouse, was fired, and later committed suicide.〔Lambiet, Jose, Laurie C. Merrill and Corky Siemaszko.("Stunned Tourists See Man Plunge To Death" ), ''Daily News'', July 21, 1995〕 General Media then seized control of its comics-related publishing from the deceased Caragonne's packaging company, and installed Dave Elliott as editor. The ''Penthouse Comix'' line was whittled to the original magazine. Elliott edited the remainder of the magazine's run, largely printing sub-par material which had been contracted by Caragonne. General Media went bankrupt a few years later.〔("Guccione files for bankruptcy: Creditors shove pornster up against the wall," ) ''Media Life Magazine'' (Aug. 11, 2003).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Penthouse Comix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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