Comments on: Is Alt Porn Over Already? http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/ Real Talk About Making Real Sex Erotic Documentaries Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Iamcuriousblue http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/#comment-5379 Iamcuriousblue Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:03:55 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/#comment-5379 I guess I missed that article, but now that I think about it, I guess GM isn't doing so well these days. I have no idea whether Vivid is doing well either. I know the old-school video-store-shelf porn industry aren't doing so well in general, at least the ones that haven't made the transition over to web content. Skin magazines have really bottomed out – its surprising Playboy and Hustler even manage to stay in print. I guess I missed that article, but now that I think about it, I guess GM isn’t doing so well these days. I have no idea whether Vivid is doing well either. I know the old-school video-store-shelf porn industry aren’t doing so well in general, at least the ones that haven’t made the transition over to web content. Skin magazines have really bottomed out – its surprising Playboy and Hustler even manage to stay in print.

]]> By: tony http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/#comment-5378 tony Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:03:47 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/#comment-5378 Can I assume you saw the FORTUNE mag cover story on GM a few months back? Can I assume you saw the FORTUNE mag cover story on GM a few months back?

]]> By: Iamcuriousblue http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/#comment-5377 Iamcuriousblue Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:38:39 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/04/02/is-alt-porn-over-already/#comment-5377 Put this in the "it had to happen" file – the General Motors of Porn, Vivid, is starting an altporn line called Vivid-ALT. Apparently the porn industry sees altporn "as a viable alternative to a stagnating gonzo market". Story here: http://www.gramponante.com/2006/05/vivid-wins-alt-war-without-shot-being.html They've signed several established altporn directors and fetish photographers, such as Eon McKai (Art School Sluts, Kill Girl Kill) and Dave Naz. Whether this will amount to any more than putting a punk-rock look on same-old-same-old porn remains to be seen. (Then again, some of Eon McKai's previous efforts have been pretty good.) Seeing the progress of altporn has been very interesting for me, since I've been watching the genre grow from the very beginning, from unsuccessful web searches for "goth porn" in 1996 to early sites like NakkidNerds and EroticBPM, to the explosive growth of SuicideGirls and the mainstreaming of altporn. It all seems to have happened so fast, but maybe that's just my age (pushing 40) talking. Put this in the “it had to happen” file – the General Motors of Porn, Vivid, is starting an altporn line called Vivid-ALT. Apparently the porn industry sees altporn “as a viable alternative to a stagnating gonzo market”. Story here:

http://www.gramponante.com/2006/05/vivid-wins-alt-war-without-shot-being.html

They’ve signed several established altporn directors and fetish photographers, such as Eon McKai (Art School Sluts, Kill Girl Kill) and Dave Naz. Whether this will amount to any more than putting a punk-rock look on same-old-same-old porn remains to be seen. (Then again, some of Eon McKai’s previous efforts have been pretty good.)

Seeing the progress of altporn has been very interesting for me, since I’ve been watching the genre grow from the very beginning, from unsuccessful web searches for “goth porn” in 1996 to early sites like NakkidNerds and EroticBPM, to the explosive growth of SuicideGirls and the mainstreaming of altporn. It all seems to have happened so fast, but maybe that’s just my age (pushing 40) talking.

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