Fleshbot points to some hoo-ha around the yet-to-be-launched print magazine (sneak peek at the cover) bearing the Suicide Girls brand:
Will the new Suicide Girls Magazine be over before it even begins? We've just received a copy of a legal notice signed by nine writers whose work was supposed to appear in the debut issue denying the magazine the right to print any articles submitted by them; according to our tipster, "The writers, who are all without contract, lost interest in the magazine when it became clear that it would be little more than a hipsterized Maxim with nipples." (Hmm, "a hipsterized Maxim with nipples" … doesn't sound so bad to us, actually.) We'll keep you posted.
I've seen a copy of the letter. I'm told by writers and photographers involved that none were being paid; all were said to be contributing gratis to get a cool, underfunded project off the ground. Link to previous BB post on SG's print plans. Suicide Girls online? Alive and well, and apparently not as directly involved with the magazine as many had assumed.
UPDATE: Suicide Girls founder Sean tells BoingBoing: "SG Pin-up (that's the official name of the mag, advertisers don't like the name Suicide in the title – shocking, no?) is a licensee of SuicideGirls. A company in New York is creating the magazine, which Missy and I get to approve. It is my understanding the Publisher and the editor had some disagreements about the direction of the mag and the editor is pissed off with a capital P and is throwing some kind of fit. I'm sure the publisher will work it out and get us an issue to approve, everything I've seen so far has been really good, but I'm not involved in the production of the magazine so I don't know if the stuff I've seen will be in the final first issue or not. In any case, news of our magazines demise has been reported prematurely, I hope. I think they're just going through the kinds of things you go through when creating a new magazine. Although honestly, I have no idea, as I've never worked in publishing and my only contact has been with the publisher and the art director, both of whom I think are doing a great job with everything they've shown me. I sent them the link and I'm sure they'll respond to you as well, but feel free to print my comments."
