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Archive for December 2007

Vice Magazine’s 2nd Annual Fiction Issue

Vice is a favorite of mine. Yeah, it’s a hipster title, which means it can be hit or miss. But they’ve been pushing boundaries for over 10 years and still don’t feel stale. If you can put out a beautiful magazine that long, I’ll favorite you, too.
Vice is getting a lot of attention lately for [...]

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The Year 2007 in Magazines

Folio, the magazine of magazines, has published a three-part article on magazine happenings in 2007. It reads like an extra-long TV show recap, but it’s required reading for anyone in the biz, or anyone who needs to pretend they’re in the biz at new year’s parties. Here are a few favorite moments.
April:
GQ’s alcohol advertisers [...]

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Helio Magazine: Don’t Call It a Phony

The writing is on the wall for print advertising. Print media buys go down every year, while online ad buys double. That’s why it’s surprising that “don’t call it a phone” handset manufacturer and phone network Helio has decided to launch its own magazine. Even more surprising is that it’s pretty good.
Helio Magazine is 6×9, [...]

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Me Magazine: Issue 13: Ryan Dono … who?

Me Magazine is a fantastic concept. Each issue is devoted to one individual. All the stories are interviews with friends and family of that person, about that person. By the end of the issue, you know this random stranger in an entirely new way. Or, at least, you should.
Issue 13 was about Ryan Donowho, an [...]

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Oddica Magazine

Here at The Magazineer, we’re all about the print. But every once in a while you’ve gotta give it up for a digital-only magazine, especially when it’s as good as Oddica Magazine.
Oddica is an indy t-shirt company out of Southern California that makes really amazing t-shirts. Every once in a while they tap their [...]

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T-Post December 2007 Issue

We’ve mentioned T-Post before – it’s the magazine that comes in the form of a t-shirt. The September Issue was interesting, but ugly.
I just received the December 2007 issue, and I like it a lot more. This issue’s story is about babies getting switched in the hospital and raised by separate families for the first [...]

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