KANE MAGAZINE ISSUE 14: KINDLE VERSION

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The magazine was published in yearly volumes of twelve monthly issues but in 1973 Janus published three specials. The first focussed on bondage, rubber and leather fetishism, the second on spanking (below) and the third on fetishism beneath the skirt. The editorial team were overwhelmed with the response to the spanking special and published a further three spanking specials that same year. Following the success of the spanking specials the magazine gradually began to shift its focus solely towards spanking. A new editor, AG Van Okker, took the helm in 1973 and the popularity of the magazine began to build. Van was a colourful and well-loved character with an active interest in the subject matter. He also went by the name of Homericus and published an interesting book about his life (below). As the school year progressed, we realised that it was only the boys who were spanked, never the girls! As a result, the boys began to discuss this at break-time, and we wondered if we would ever be treated to the sight of one of the girls touching her toes. One particular girl, Susan Griffiths (who could be described as the “Belle of the class”) was the collective favourite. She was a stunner! I can still vividly remember her long red hair and lovely cute face. Upton, Julian (2004). Fallen Stars: Tragic Lives and Lost Careers. Headpress/Critical Vision. p.42. ISBN 9781900486385– via Google Books.

At the end of 1980, Volume 9, Number 12 marked the 108th and last issue of the yearly volumes. It was the end of an era in more ways than one because Van, who had been very ill for some time, sadly passed away. As photo editor and producer of Janus films the legendary George Harrison-Marks (below) had been supporting Van to edit the magazine during his illness and was the natural choice to take over after his death. The editorial for Volume 9, Number 12 tells readers to look out for Volume 10 Number 1 but it wasn’t to be…After his death in 1997, his daughter Josie Harrison Marks took over the editing of Kane. [2] Biography [ edit ] Janus extended its portfolio of magazines in 1995 and Stephen Sims, who had been a regular contributor to Janus over a number of years, took on editing duties for Privilege Plus and Privilege Club Magazines. After directing The Nine Ages of Nakedness, Marks endured a particularly turbulent time in the early seventies including bankruptcy (1970), an obscenity trial at the Old Bailey in 1971, and alcoholism. [1] Ironically, a segment of The Nine Ages of Nakedness had ended with Marks' alter-ego "The Great Marko" being brought up before a crooked Judge ( Cardew Robinson) on obscenity charges. Marks made ends meet during this period by continuing to shoot short films for the 8mm market and releasing them via his Maximus Films company. He was an excellent photographer of nudes," producer Tony Tenser remarked to John Hamilton in a 1998 interview, "but he also excelled in photographs of cats, that were much more beautiful than some of his nudes". [15] Marks' cats remained a fixture of his studio and can be spotted scurrying about in several of the 8mm glamour films of the period, occasionally even appearing in prominent roles.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. In the late 1970s Marks was hired as a photographer for Janus, a fetish magazine specialising in spanking and caning imagery. He also produced and directed short erotic corporal punishment films for Janus for the then-emerging home video market. One of these, Warden's End (1981), starring glamour model and pornographic actress Linzi Drew, shows the exterior and interior of Janus's London storefront office at 40 Old Compton Street. a b c d e f g h Tony Sloman (10 July 1997). "Obituary: Harrison Marks". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. The Janus shop may have been firmly established at 40 Old Compton Street by 1981 and was now the mecca for all aficionados of erotic and recreational discipline, but the title of ‘Janus’ was anything but secure. The title rights became the subject of negotiation during this period and while the ownership was being resolved the editorial team launched Volume 1, Number 1 of ‘New Derriere’ (below left). New Derriere ran for just six issues while the rights to the name ‘Janus’ were being resolved and later in 1981 ‘New Janus’ Number 1 (below right) was born. One of the most popular fantasies amongst many CP enthusiasts is the spanking of teenage schoolgirls, which was still common practice in British, Commonwealth and American schools of the period. Naturally, when George began publishing Kane he also focused on this theme as can be seen from a number of the magazine's covers.She went on to become the greatest single influence in his life and not long after their meeting they became business partners and began selling sets of postcard sized monochrome photographic prints, initially featuring just Pamela but later a number of other models too.

In 1967 Franklyn Wood, a former art editor of The Times and the first editor in Fleet Street to run a diary (in the Daily Sketch) under his own name, published a biography of Harrison Marks called The Naked Truth About Harrison Marks. It was reprinted in 2017. [16] See also [ edit ] In the mid-seventies George was offered a commission to do some 8mm spanking movies for Janus and got to know the staff of the magazine well. At the time the editor of the magazine was Alan Van Okker who was in his late seventies and suffering from poor health. Following his death in 1980 it seemed that no-one else in the company was capable of putting the magazine together. By coincidence, George happened to visit a pub in Soho called The Swiss and there ran into the Janus team who told him about their problem. After some discussion George was persuaded to become the editor and carried out that role for the next 18 months. Before I close, I must say that the lady who plays Trixy in the feature “Housewives Choice” and who is Kane sixty-five’s cover girl is most lovely and has a most beautiful and innocent looking face. I hope you will be featuring her again. At this time the magazine was published from offices at 164 North Gower Street, London and the main Janus bookshop was at 10 Irving Street, London (below). Marks was also the photographic consultant for the film Peeping Tom (1960) [ citation needed], which featured Green in a cameo role. In the 1960s Marks moved his studio to Saffron Hill near King's Cross Station and began selling photoshoots to the American magazine Swank. His Kamera and Solo magazines ceased publication in 1968, with occasional single-issue magazines appearing subsequently. [2]Although this happened some twenty-five years hence, that memory still remains with me. I don’t think it is any form of “revenge”, but as I previously said, the thought of a female having to bend over for her punishment still gets me excited. Many of the subsequent movies that George produced were filmed using his own house as the setting and it soon became clear that schoolgirl spanking themes was where the greatest amount of enthusiasts' interest lay. Kane magazine provided George with an ongoing supply of willing young women and the income generated from video sales kept him in booze, cigarettes and an acceptable degree of comfort for the rest of his days.