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Now that’s how to do a gatefold

July 26, 2010 in Clever ideas, Fashion, ipad, Magazine covers | 2 comments

Lovely work from Elle Italy. It would also, by the way, work spectacularly well on an iPad.

Notional lampoons

October 17, 2009 in Archives, Magazine covers | 1 comment

Since Robert Newman brought them to everyone’s attention, these National Lampoon covers have been doing the rounds. On the whole, they’re really not very funny (what happened in the 80s?), but just occasionally they hit the bullseye so perfectly with a photo-based cover that you find it hard to believe it was a fluke. (I’ll spare you the same-old “Buy this or the dog gets it” cover, but you know I’m including that one in this.)

This one in particular resonated with me. I have a collection of anniversary editions from magazines (rather than the typical first editions), and the cover lines of most of them may as well be the same.

News from the Magosphere February 3rd ’09

February 3, 2009 in News round-up | No comments

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Esquire UK features plasticine clothes
Very lucky with the timing, as Morph’s creator died recently and reruns have been everywhere. Lovely idea gets its rewards

Fanzines refuse to die
“What’s going on here is what academics describe as ‘slippage of the auratic’”- in other words, people like things

Gallery launches magazine for “the creative and curious”
Looks interesting/fun

Another iPhone magazine launches
Still looks crap

Music magazine goes online, then online spins off into print
Next up: TV series creates radio spin-off, radio retreats into Morse Code

British firm tried to buy Google’s Print Ad service
Good publicity either way

Inside a small independent Japanese magazine company
Their name means “two beers”, which is enough for me

Harper’s Bazaar gets bigger
Getting ready for Love

Intern drunk-dials editor, gets arrested mid rant
Editor gets even

Crisis watch

Arthur refolds, puts last issue online
Two writers refuse to release the digital rights of their work, demand cash for copies of their unedited text. “Remember: these yokels are self-proclaimed potheads, so buyer beware, etc”
UPDATE: Ralph points out: “Arthur isn’t officially folded, they just don’t have enough money to print the current issue… also, they never pay writers – the reviewers just don’t want their writing used unless printed first.”

Magazine goes up for sale on eBay
Stunt finds private buyer, magazine survives

Vanity Fair runs same cover image twice
Sorry Annie, you’ve been replaced by your own back catalogue

Love, New York

December 15, 2008 in Opinion | 5 comments

Timeless image for a timeless fallback story. Great cover, and good to see them getting away from the big number theory (“1803 reasons! 935 reasons! 32,803 reasons!”)

News from the magosphere 27/05/08

May 27, 2008 in News round-up | No comments

Luxury magazine ads are up
Luxury and weddings do their usual trick of bucking the recession, hence the recent flurry of Monocle-alikes. Will be interesting to see what WSJ brings to the party

Five copies of Aspen go for $1,400
The first ‘magazine in a box’ is in high demand

Baron and O’Brien turn Marc Jacobs into Andy Warhol
And they do it on the cover of that Warhol icon, Interview. As clear a statement as you’ll get that says “we’re in charge now”. More pics here

Flaunt makes 29-year-old former intern their new Editor in Chief
Either he’s good or they’re desperate

Amazon fights to keep cockfighting magazine on its site
It’s still online at time of writing