ARTISEX -

Tallahassee and St. Petersburg, FL: Artisex Enterprises / R.T.S.Enterprises, 1975. Saddle-stapled magazine. Light shelfwear. Very good. 16 issues of the newsletter (1969-1971) plus 16 catalogues and supplements (1970-1975). 7 x 8.5". Newsletters are 12pp each; catalogs run 8-24 pages. "A Guide to the Discriminating Connoisseur." Illustrated from film ads and stills. A fascinating slice of the sexplitation and adult film industry, with insights into paperbacks and other materials of the day. The Artisex Newsletters covered and rated films including Fanny Hill; I, A Woman; Slaves of Love; The Bride and the Beast; Mid-Day Mistress; The Ecstasies of Women; Mada O; The Minx; Desire Under the Palms; The Passion of Anna; Only in My Dreams; Sex Rituals of the Occult, and many more. Each newsletter contains a handy grid of titles and rating criteria. The newsletters also contain reviews of erotic paperbacks such as The Itch, by Stephen Hammer; The Porno Shops, by Roger Blake; Flick magazine, Suck - the First European Sexpaper, and letters, as well as news on censorship cases and related topics, plus letters. Catalogs offer films, books, sex toys, and more -- from 8 and Super 8mm films to ads for The Capricians, catalogs, contact mags, et al. Some contain swingers ads. Artisex offered valuable reviews and consumer warnings on disreputable outfits, selling erotic materials before evolved into R.T.S.Enterprises.