Exit (American magazine)
Cover of issue #1 | |
| Editor | George Petros |
|---|---|
| Editor | Adam Parfrey |
| Categories | Graphics |
| Frequency | Irregular |
| Publisher | George Petros |
| Founder | Adam Parfrey and George Petros |
| First issue | 1984 |
| Final issue Number | 1991 #5 (#6 unfinished, later appeared online) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Website | exitmagazine |
| ISSN | 0883-9158 |
| OCLC | 12244834 |
Exit (stylized as EXIT) was an American graphics and art magazine. The magazine was founded and co-edited by Adam Parfrey and George Petros, though Parfrey left after the third issue in 1987. The magazine was based in New York City. Five issues were published from 1984 to 1991, with a sixth unfinished issue being published online and in collections later. It contained contributions from, among others, Anton LaVey, Robert Williams, Raymond Pettibon, Joe Coleman, Boyd Rice, S. Clay Wilson, Mark Mothersbaugh, H. R. Giger, GG Allin, Genesis P-Orridge, James Earl Ray, James Mason, and Richard Ramirez.
Its creators described Exit as an "outlaw liberal Fascist Sci-Fi Pop Art magazine", and it was part of the broader "apocalypse culture" milieu of the transgressive. The magazine was controversial for its provocative and shocking contents, including pornographic and violent imagery and themes. It was also known for its repeated odes to cult leader Charles Manson and its neo-Nazi content. The magazine shuttered in 1991, with its issues collected in several anthology volumes and later distributed online.