In every monthly issue of the magazine, a public figure is selected for severe criticism as that month's 'asshole'. One feature of Hustler is a column called 'Asshole of the Month'. There have also been Australian, British and South African versions of the magazine.Дuring a bookstore signing in July 2011, Flynt stated that less than five percent of his income comes from the print magazine he also speculated that the print magazine would not be around in two to three years. In 1999, the magazine created a minor controversy in Canada by inviting readers to submit sexually explicit stories about SheilaвЂ…Copps, a left-leaning member of the Liberal cabinet. In general, Canadian Hustler imitates the appearance and tone of its American counterpart, with Canadian content added. This magazine is not owned by Larry Flynt but is licensed to publish material from the American version. The abbreviation 'L.F.P.' originally stood for 'Larry Flynt Publications.'ДЄ Canadian version of Hustler is published by a Quebec-based firm. Hustler is officially published by LFP, Inc, which also produces pornographic films. Hustler retail store in WestвЂ…Hollywood,вЂ…California Both licensed enterprises are operated by LFP's partner, DejaвЂ…Vu.

The chain's flagship store is on SunsetвЂ…Boulevard in WestвЂ…Hollywood.

Other enterprises include licensing the Hustler name to the HustlerвЂ…Club chain of bars and clubs and the Hustler Hollywood store chain that sells adult-oriented videos, clothing, magazines and sex toys. Larry Flynt Publications also licenses the Hustler brand to the HustlerвЂ…Casino in Gardena,вЂ…California, which was owned directly by Flynt as an individual through his holding company El Dorado Enterprises. It frequently depicts hardcore themes, such as the use of sexвЂ…toys, penetration, oralвЂ…sex and groupвЂ…sex. Today, Hustler is still considered more explicit (and more self-consciously lowbrow) than such well-known competitors as Playboy and Penthouse. It shows explicit views of the female genitalia, becoming one of the first major US-based magazines to do so, in contrast with relatively modest publications like Playboy. The magazine grew from an uncertain start to a peak circulation of around 3 million in the early 1980s it has since dropped to approximately 500,000. Introduced in 1974, it was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter, originally conceived by founder LarryвЂ…Flynt as cheap advertising for his stripвЂ…club businesses at the time. Hustler is a monthly pornographicвЂ…magazine published by LarryвЂ…FlyntвЂ…Publications in the UnitedвЂ…States. Larry Flynt Hustler Club on West 52nd Street in New York

Hustler magazine covers 2018