Created in February 1997, Gadfly Magazine launched as a full-size print publication in January 1998, featuring commentaries on public beliefs, literature, television, film and the arts. It morphed into a heftier bi-monthly in the fall of '99, and continued online after the publication of its March/April '01 issue. Called "odd, eccentric and eclectic" by The Washington Post, the Utne Reader selected Gadfly in 1999 for best Cultural Coverage for their Eleventh Annual Alternative Press Awards. "Gadfly's stupendous eclecticism makes this glossy bimonthly second only to the Library of Congress as a warehouse of American pop culture," Utne stated.

Soon after Gadfly's March/April 2001 issue, the creative forces behind the print magazine launched Gadfly Online. Unlike the print magazine, the demands of publishing five times a week combined with the reliance on electronic dissemination opened us up to a number of new authors and varied subjects as well as new possibilities. Unlike the hard copy, where material had to be prepared months in advance, we could be time oriented. Suddenly, we had columnists, and in a fortuitous arrangement, weekly dispatches from Paris. About the only strictures followed were trying to break the pieces up into categories of Art, Book, Film, Music and Issues (and a few subcategories). Whatever could not be classified simply ended up in Issues.

Gadfly Online is not presently publishing new articles and material, but has amassed a diverse body of work to celebrate the creations of artists and unique individuals and continues to make their thoughts and ideas available. Print content from specific issues, featuring commentaries on public beliefs, literature, television, film and the arts, is accessible by clicking on the cover of a particular magazine displayed in our back issues or by browsing our archives.

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