Knave (British magazine)

{{Short description|British softcore pornographic magazine (1968–2015)}}

{{confuse|Knave (American magazine)}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Knave

| logo = Knave_magazine_outline_logo.svg

| image_file = Knave magazine volume 19 number 11 cover.png

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| image_caption = Knave magazine volume 19 number 11, published 1987. The covergirl is Shivani.

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| frequency = Monthly

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| category = Pornographic magazine

| company = Galaxy Publications Limited

| firstdate = {{start date and age|1968}}

| finaldate = 2015

| country = United Kingdom

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| language = English

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| format = 8.5" x 11"

| issn = 0265-1289

| oclc = 750608036

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Knave was a long-running British softcore adult magazine that was published monthly by Galaxy Publications Limited.{{cite web|url=http://www.galaxy.co.uk/|title=Galaxy Publications Limited|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902122942/http://www.galaxy.co.uk/|archive-date=2017-09-02|website=www.galaxy.co.uk}} Originally launched in 1968 by the photographer Russell Gay, it was the upmarket sister publication of Fiesta magazine. Mary Millington modelled for the magazine in 1974, prior to her exclusive signing to work for David Sullivan's magazines.{{cite web|title=King, Queen, Knave…|url=http://www.marymillington.co.uk/?p=3219|author=Simon Sheridan|date=24 January 2015|work=Mary Millington: The Official Website of Britain's Legendary Sex Goddess}}{{Cite book |last=Upton |first=Julian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56449666 |title=Fallen stars : tragic lives and lost careers |date=2004 |publisher=Headpress/Critical Vision |isbn=1-900486-38-5 |location=Manchester, U.K. |oclc=56449666|page=40}}

Along with many other adult magazines, Knave has published the works of popular authors, including Kim Newman, Dave Langford,{{cite web| url =http://www.ansible.co.uk/sfx/sfx066.html | title =Choose Your Own Column! | access-date =2006-12-01 | last =Langford | first =David | author-link =Dave Langford |date=July 2000 | work =SFX | publisher =Dave Langford | quote =Neil Gaiman reminisces briefly about how he, Kim Newman (see 1), John Grant (of whom more elsewhere) and I used to write funny articles in between the pictures of naked ladies in Knave magazine }} and Neil Gaiman.{{cite book |last=Bender |first=Hy |author2=Neil Gaiman |author2-link=Neil Gaiman |title=The Sandman Companion |orig-year=1999 |edition=paperback |date=July 2000 |publisher=Vertigo |location=New York |isbn=1-56389-644-3 |quote ="my steadiest gig was for Knave" |page=14 }} The first issue featured a short story by Ellery Queen.{{Cite web |title=Knave (UK) |url=http://www.philsp.com/mags/knave_uk.html |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.philsp.com}}, see photo of cover of Volume 1, No. 1.

The surrealist artist Penny Slinger appeared in Knave in 1973 in a photoshoot and interview in which she posed nude with her own artwork.{{Cite web |title=The Open Secrets of Penny Slinger |url=https://artreview.com/ar-summer-2019-feature-penny-slinger/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=artreview.com |language=en|first=J.J. |last=Charlesworth|date=8 July 2019}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-27 |title=The career of Penny Slinger, intrepid surrealist artist of the 1970s, is ripe for rediscovery |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_career_of_penny_slinger_intrepid_surrealist_artist_of_the_1970s_is_ripe |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=DangerousMinds}} The artist and musician Cosey Fanni Tutti appeared as a Knave model in 1977, as part of an art project exploring pornography in which she appeared as a model in a number of pornographic magazines.{{Cite web |last=Cappetta |first=Andrew |date=2022 |title=Pop/Art: The Birth of Underground Music and the British Art School, 1960–1980|url=https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5876&context=gc_etds |page=255}}{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Paul |date=2016-02-16 |title=Cosey Fanni Tutti's Illustrated Aggro Chic For Club International And Prostitution |url=https://flashbak.com/cosey-fanni-tuttis-illustrated-aggro-chic-for-club-international-and-prostitution-54671/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=Flashbak |language=en-US}}

Neil Gaiman's early short stories, including "We Can Get Them for You Wholesale", were published within the magazine;{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/s286.html |title=Stories, Listed by Author |access-date=2006-12-01 |work=The Locus Index to Science Fiction |publisher=Locus Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902190804/http://www.locusmag.com/index/s286.html |archive-date=2006-09-02 |url-status=dead }} he also worked at the magazine in many roles, including celebrity interviewer and book reviewer. Gaiman began work at the magazine in 1984 but left in the late 80s because an editorial change resulted in the magazine concentrating more heavily on pornographic content.{{cite web| url =http://www.neilgaimanbibliography.com/knave/knave.html | title =Knave | access-date =2006-12-01 | work =Neil Gaiman Visual Bibliography }}

Eric Fuller, credited by The Guardian as "the man behind the success of Dennis Publishing's lad-mag, Maxim", also worked for the magazine for a time.{{cite news | first=Hodgson | last=Jessica | title=IPC Media recruits Fuller | date= September 27, 2000 | work=The Guardian | url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,,373929,00.html }} Retrieved on 2006-12-01.

Knave ceased production in 2015, after 47 years of publication.{{Cite web |title=Knave (UK) |url=http://www.philsp.com/mags/knave_uk.html |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.philsp.com}}, see final issue Volume 47, No. 4.