Somebody has scanned (pretty low res, but just-about readable) the only three issues of Army Man, an 80s fanzine/magazine made by Letterman writer / future Simpsons scriptwriter George Meyer. There’s more about it here and here.

Is it just me, or do some of the humour, some of the ideas and the whole ‘people who work for big names letting off steam with an entertaining, witty side project’ remind you of Manzine?

(via MeFi)

In what is surely little more than a curious coincidence, the latest issue of McSweeney’s magazine is laid out as a multi-supplement, fictional broadsheet newspaper called the San Francisco Panorama (which looks awesome), while the actual San Francisco Chronicle is about to become some kind of hybrid glossy newspaper. Next up: the paper Kindle, and the internet in handy book form. Oh.

(via A Photo Editor)

New Scandiwegian architecture/urbanism magazine Conditions looks rather lovely – a graphical cross between icon and Frame, perhaps – no bad thing. (Bonus link: icon this month features a grumpy cover by a graphic design hero – first Brody, now Jasper Morrison; old people today, no respect for print, I tells ya.)

Looks like there are some interesting infographics in there, too. Conditions does have a good name, and I’m looking forward to seeing a copy – but its launch cover reminds me more than a little of Loops. Space helmets are clearly in right now.

Shortcovers to bring individual article purchase to the iPhone
Buried in this description of on-screen bookselling. I said that the whole ‘by article’ thing wouldn’t go away, though the iPhone screen isn’t the killer device that will make it a comfortable read

Vogue does torture-porn fashion shoot
Zzzzzzzzz

Polaroid’s old factory bought by Dutch fanboys
New film to be developed; seeks help from photographers, and will probably get it

Big names in British men’s magazines make their own arch fanzine
It’s fun. Some bits of it make me laugh, though others make me feel like I’m missing the in-joke. Which I almost certainly am

Top Gear presenter was fired for doing something funny with dropcaps
I completely missed this before. Full Flickr scans here

Italian doctorate on magazines includes interviews in English
Interviews with mag makers at the end. There’s plenty of pretty to illustrate the Italian text too

Variety likes The September Issue
Though montages grate a little, it seems, as does relentless self-publicity by all concerned

super/collider to screen high-definition moon footage
One of my favourite digital magazines, small as it is, presents its first live event in London

Crisis roundup

Google quits the print ads game
Was never really their forte, even in happier times

Home design magazines feeling the pinch
No surprises in this fairly typical doom-and-gloom story

Why magazines themselves aren’t doomed
Smart answer. Perhaps, perhaps the model is broken, but not the medium