KANE MAGAZINE ISSUE 14: KINDLE VERSION

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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…

At the end of the fifties George and Pamela ventured into home movie production featuring their most popular models. However, by the end of 1959 his constant drunkenness (he was typically consuming at least one bottle of Scotch a day), extravagance, womanising and minimal contribution to the day to day running of the business contributed to a downturn in sales and also had a terminal effect on his personal relationship with Pamela. Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Titan Books. ISBN 9780857682796. Despite a successful launch and a growing circulation Kane did not generate a substantial profit during its first year of publication. It did, however, provide an ideal platform from which he could promote and sell home movies again. Around late 1951 he found and rented a first floor flat in the heart of Soho which he was able to use as a photographic studio and it was here that he first met Pamela Green, a showgirl and professional photographic model, who suggested that George try his hand at nude photography, offering to be his first model.In 1971 he was tried at the Old Bailey for dealing in pornography by post. [1] Marks and Burnett married in September 1973, but they split up around 1978. In 1979 Marks began a relationship with Louise Sinclair, a teenage glamour model. [2] Glamour photography [ edit ] After his death in 1997, his daughter Josie Harrison Marks took over the editing of Kane. [2] Biography [ edit ] George died on 27th June, 1997 and I am told that at the very moment of death the front bedroom of 19 Wellington Avenue, the room where he had been born some seventy years earlier, burst into flames. 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. As access to spanking related material became increasingly more easily available online the Janus publication schedule slowed down with only 4 to 6 new issues being produced each year. When Janus 167 was published in 2007 there was no indication at the time that this was to be the final issue. Despite an excellent re-launch in Janus 161 the magazine had reached the end of its natural life. The Internet had finally seen off the longest running spanking magazine in the world.

Green, Pamela; Webb, Douglas (2013). Naked as Nature Intended: The Epic Tale of a Nudist Picture. Suffolk & Watt. ISBN 9780954598594. . 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. 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. 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. a b c d e f g h Whitaker, Gavin (2008). "The Naked World of Harrison Marks". pamela-green.com . Retrieved 18 January 2018.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.