Chester the Molester
Chester the Molester was a comic strip by Dwaine B. Tinsley (December 31, 1945 – May 23, 2000), cartoon editor of the pornographic magazine Hustler. Tinsley produced the strip's monthly issues for 13 years, from 1976 to 1989. The tongue-in-cheek strip shows Chester, a middle-aged pedophile, joyfully molesting women and young girls, or tricking or attempting to trick them into sexually compromising positions.
Chester the Molester
- Date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Hustler
- Genre
- pornographic comics
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Chester the Molester was a comic strip by Dwaine B. Tinsley (December 31, 1945 – May 23, 2000), cartoon editor of the pornographic magazine Hustler. Tinsley produced the strip's monthly issues for 13 years, from 1976 to 1989. The tongue-in-cheek strip shows Chester, a middle-aged pedophile, joyfully molesting women and young girls, or tricking or attempting to trick them into sexually compromising positions.
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After increasing controversy, the cartoon became Chester and Hester, Hester as an unattractive middle-aged woman who was Chester's girlfriend in crime. Following the alleged religious conversion of Hustler founder Larry Flynt in 1977, the strip was briefly retooled as Chester the Protector, a reincarnation of Chester who served to protect young girls from rape and seduction. Tinsley was arrested on May 18, 1989, after being accused by his 18-year-old daughter Allison of molesting her since she was 13. According to court records, he allegedly told his coworkers, "You can't write about this stuff all the time if you don't experience it." Tinsley was found guilty of five counts of child molestation; he was convicted on January 5, 1990, and was sentenced to six years in prison. During his incarceration, he briefly continued dispatching new strips to Hustler from his cell to be edited by Edward Kuhnel. Tinsley's conviction was overturned in 1992 when an appeals court ruled that the jury should not have based the conviction on his strip, violating the First Amendment. The prosecutor in the case ultimately decided not to retry him after he served 23 months. Flynt claims he did not ask Tinsley about the conviction and defended him. He died of a heart attack in 2000 aged 54.
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• Title — Chester the Molester • Author — Dwaine B. Tinsley • Status — Ended • Publisher — Hustler • First — 1976 • Last — 1989 • Genre — Adult comics
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- 1.Coolstreak Cartoons. Bob Levin Release Party for New Book in May. Comic Book Bin. Apr 15, 2008.
- 2.Taylor, Betty W. Feminist Jurisprudence, Women and the Law. Wm. S. Hein Publishing. 358. 1999.
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- 4.The Press: I'll Be a Hustler for the Lord'. Time. 5 December 1977.
- 5.Bronstein, Carolyn. Battling Pornography: The American Feminist Anti-Pornography Movement, 1976–1986.
- 6.People v. Tinsley. Findlaw.
- 7.Associated Press. Hustler cartoonist arrested on molestation charge.
- 8.Associated Press. Artist's Cartoons Depicted His Molestations of Teen-Ager, Court Papers Allege. Los Angeles Times. June 2, 1989.
- 9.Berger, Leslie. Jury Convicts Hustler Cartoonist of Molesting Girl. Los Angeles Times. January 11, 1990.
- 10.Associated Press. 'Chester the Molester' cartoonist convicted of child molestation.
- 11.Hustler Cartoonist Sentenced to 6 Years. Los Angeles Times. 5 May 1990.
- 12.Larry Flynt: Freedom fighter, pornographer, monster?. The Independent. 2011-12-06.
- 13.'Chester Molester' case overturned. The Pittsburgh Press. 10. 27 February 1992.
- 14.Molestation Case Won't Be Retried. Los Angeles Times. 428. 18 September 1992.
- 15.Dwaine B. Tinsley. Kees Kousemaker's Comiclopedia.
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