Royal Flush (magazine)
| Editor | Josh Bernstein Steve Chanks |
|---|---|
| Categories | Satirical magazine |
| Frequency | yearly |
| Circulation | 40,000 |
| Publisher | The #Number Foundation |
| Year founded | 1997 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | [1] |
Royal Flush is an American humor magazine founded by editor Josh Bernstein of The #Number Foundation in 1997. The magazine started out as an outlet for pop artists and creative directors of other magazines. The New York City art scene has been publishing their collected works in Royal Flush for years. The magazine offers satire on many aspects of life and popular culture, rock music, and public figures.
Royal Flush is in its fifteenth year of publication and has a circulation of more than 40,000. Recent issues of Royal Flush have featured cover stories with Rob Zombie, Hugh M. Hefner, Danny DeVito & the cast of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Joan Jett, Patton Oswalt, My Chemical Romance and the Misfits.
Their combination of art and music is unique in articles like the one by contributor Jeff Newelt about Frank Zappa and noted comic artist, Jack Kirby. The magazine is represented at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art festival yearly
The magazine has gotten reviews from and has been quoted by the Los Angeles Times, USA Today,Entertainment Weekly, The New York Post, PerezHilton, AOL, Village Voice and more.
Royal Flush is known for many regular and semi-regular recurring features in its pages, including "Hispanic Batman" and "How Much Ya Bench?" the "music reviews", "Interviews with celebrities” and its television, movie and news story parodies.
Royal Flush has provided an ongoing showcase for many artists with many different styles. All the artists and writers contribute to the publication on a volunteer basis.
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Royal Flush started a series of launch events that included live performances by bands that appeared in the magazine in 2001. The first event was on May 12, 2001 at CBGB’s and featured The Spicy Rizzaks, Harvey Loves Harvey and Dar Silicon.
Royal Flush is known for their annual “Book Release” parties at the Bowery Ballroom and CBGBs in NYC. Past shows have showcased bands like Clutch, Fiend Without a Face (featuring members of Mastodon), The Giraffes, Beatallica and dozens more.
Royal Flush has teamed up with some of the biggest festivals in music - including the CMJ Fest in NYC, and the Red Gorilla Fest in Austin’s SXSW Festival -for events. Recently Royal Flush has teamed with the Rocks Off Cruises. for a series of concerts on NYC’s East River with the Black Lips, The Bouncing Souls, The Electric Six and The Detroit Cobras.
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