Hustler Honey Buns # 26 Presents Taboo Illustrated # 5

7 CHAIN MAIL The Pen Is Mightier Than the Whip 8 STARFUCKERS Graphic Novel by Roberts—Part One 18 GALLERY: TIM — WAR BOOTY II Pretty POWs Suffer With Style 28 THE GREAT REBELLION Graphic Novel by Fernando—Part Two 38 THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Fernando — Diabolical Dudes, Delicious Dames Special Feature by Ernest Greene 48 TRUCK TO HELL Graphic Novel by Lesbi K. Leihf—Part One 58 SLAVEMART Graphic Novel by Erenisch—Part Five 64 SIBERIAN MADHOUSE Graphic Novel by Templeton—Part Two 14 KINK IN INK Top Toons for Twisted Tastes Loic Dubigeon's Sweet Submissions 78 HELL'S BROTHEL 3D Graphic Novel by Tryten EDITORIAL NOTE STRICTLY SPEAKING If you've wondered why the kind of edgy, extreme BDSM comic art in which TABOO ILLUSTRATED specializes is so hard to find elsewhere, either in print or on the Internet, you may suspect that the heavy hand of the thankfully soon-to-be-history administration of George W. Bush has once again come down on your right as a consenting adult to view legal adult imagery in the privacy of your own home. And you wouldn't be entirely wrong. Censorship has been privatized. By a mysterious coincidence, not long after the Bush posse made good on its promise to the credit card companies to abolish individual bankruptcy protections as we've known them (just in time for the collapse of the real estate market and the unprecedented hike in consumer BK filings that followed), transaction processors began sending out warnings to webmasters about "unacceptable content" that could result in the loss of accounts. And just what kind of "content" would that be? Here are a couple of times from a list of helpful hints one credit card company sent out to its clients regarding content that "might" result in the termination of accounts: "Depiction of any non-consensual sexual behavior: Depiction of non-consensual mutilation of a person or body part This definition of 'depiction' is intended to include computer-generated images, cartoons, simulation or any other media as well as photographic or video imagery." What concerns TABOO ILLUSTRATED readers directly is the last paragraph, which deals with the definition of "depiction." When these all-important cash conduits start unplugging accounts over cartoons and CGI images, especially those involving someone's highly subjective definitions of "non-consensual" or "mutilation" (which could include an ear-piercing for all we know), we see a systematic attempt to purge the public sphere of images that define our fantasy lives. Such restrictions could be as easily applied to BDSM chat and educational sites and publications as to entertainment material. And because the restraints in question are imposed by private companies rather than through government censorship, First Amendment standards don't apply. What can we do about this? We can't vote corporate bosses out of office, but we can starve them out. Demand that these hypocrites supply you with what you want, or vote with your money for someone who will. —Ernest Greene, Executive Editor