New+Notable: March 2012 Archives

After a 55-Year Break, Collier's Returns

After a 55-Year Break, Collier's Returns

The new issue of Collier's magazine hits the newsstand this month and it brings some big changes. Readers may not remember last issue's cover--which featured Princess Grace of Monaco talking about her pregnancy--because it likely came out before you (and perhaps even your parents) were born: January 1957.

From to a story on Folio's website: "Despite a perilous publishing environment, Pennsylvania publisher John Elduff purchased the rights to Collier's at an auction two years ago for a reported $2,000. 55 years after Collier's final issue printed, the magazine returns with a February/March 2012 edition. The first issue of the renewed Collier's had a print run of 25,000; Elduff, who acts as publisher and editor, says the magazine has already gained up to 20,000 paying subscribers."




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Fred Woodward Spoofs George Lois Spoofing Andy Warhol

Fred Woodward Spoofs George Lois Spoofing Andy Warhol

The Oxford American describes the itself as "a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South." At times it can also be pretty funny--especially when they do things like this spoof cover (above), created by GQ DD Fred Woodward.

OA founder & editor Marc Smirnoff tells the story ...



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