Rogue Magazine

Rogue was a men's magazine based in Chicago, produced by William Hamling from 1956 to 1967. The magazine was initially led by founding editor Frank M. Robinson, with notable subsequent editors like Harlan Ellison and Bruce Elliott. It was marketed with the tagline "Designed for Men." Rogue served as a competitor to Playboy, featuring nude and semi-nude images along with sex advice tailored for men. Unlike Playboy, Rogue showcased a broader range of fiction and science fiction stories, and it included extensive jazz coverage by contributors like Ted White. Notably, the first two articles by Hunter S. Thompson were published in Rogue in 1961. Other prominent writers featured in the magazine included Graham Greene, Damon Knight, William Saroyan, and Philip Wylie, with a young Steven E. de Souza contributing while still in high school. Departments within the magazine were penned by notable figures such as Alfred Bester, Robert Bloch, and Fred Brown.