Revolt Press

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About

Revolt Press was started by Michael Holm and Geurt Stall in 1969 in Åseda, Sweden. Fro 1971–1986, they published over 15 separate magazines. Stall also distributed pornographic films, jock straps, lubricant, et al. under the name Revolt Produkt.

Peter Appelqvist, Revolt”s editor, also performed most of the design work for Revolt’s titles.

Most of this information on Revolt Press comes from “Revolt Press, Pornography and Development of Gay markets in Sweden” by Tom Cubbin in Queer Print in Europe, Glynn Davis and Laura Guy (eds.) (Bloomsbury, 2022).

In print

Periodicals

• Kake comics
• Kumpel
• Mister SM
• New Toy
• Revolt (originally published as Viking)
• Toy

Online

• Making History One Dick at a Time: The Rise and Fall of a Gay Porn Empire at Esquire
  • PDF — scrolling
  • PDF — paginated
• MODERNHOMO: The Origin of Mandate Magazine via the Wayback Machine
• R.I.P. Mavety Media via the Wayback Machine