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Defunct Magazines

Print is dead, obviously. Let's reminisce about the out of print magazines we used to read.

I'll be obvious and start with Spy (as this thread was inspired by the most recent thread about Spy).

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by Anonymousreply 87October 26, 2020 1:55 AM

I miss Movieline. I read it cover to cover. Queenan's columns, blind items, bad movies we love. Why did it leave us?

by Anonymousreply 1October 25, 2020 3:40 AM

OP, you are a short-fingered vulgarian.

by Anonymousreply 2October 25, 2020 3:40 AM

Sassy and Jane

by Anonymousreply 3October 25, 2020 3:42 AM

MAD magazine, National Lampoon, Movieline, Cracked.

by Anonymousreply 4October 25, 2020 3:43 AM

Premiere magazine was good for a while

by Anonymousreply 5October 25, 2020 3:44 AM

Movieline, Spy, Life

by Anonymousreply 6October 25, 2020 3:44 AM

The Face. I believe they recently relaunched it, but because I'm no longer a youth I don't care.

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by Anonymousreply 7October 25, 2020 3:47 AM

Mademoiselle

Mirabella

by Anonymousreply 8October 25, 2020 3:50 AM

Torso!

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by Anonymousreply 9October 25, 2020 3:51 AM

[quote] MAD magazine, National Lampoon...Cracked.

I see a theme.

by Anonymousreply 10October 25, 2020 3:52 AM

Creem

by Anonymousreply 11October 25, 2020 3:52 AM

R8 = Marcus Bachman

by Anonymousreply 12October 25, 2020 3:53 AM

Inches

by Anonymousreply 13October 25, 2020 4:10 AM

BLACK Inches.

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by Anonymousreply 14October 25, 2020 4:11 AM

Entertainment Weekly!

They might still publish it as a monthly, but it is a shadow of its former self.

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by Anonymousreply 15October 25, 2020 4:21 AM

Details

Bust

by Anonymousreply 16October 25, 2020 4:24 AM

Whoops. I guess Bust is still printing, but only a handful of issues a year.

by Anonymousreply 17October 25, 2020 4:26 AM

Blender magazine became an American version of the British music magazine Q for awhile. They had a lot good writers and packed every issue with everything going on musically at that time. I had a subscription and looked forward to getting it.

They must have lost their funding because it dwindled to a third of what it used to be, all the colorful graphics turned to black-n-white, then it disappeared completely.

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by Anonymousreply 18October 25, 2020 4:26 AM

Men's Vogue

by Anonymousreply 19October 25, 2020 4:27 AM

Readymade, the hipster DIY rag of the 00s

Lucky

by Anonymousreply 20October 25, 2020 4:29 AM

Talk Magazine

by Anonymousreply 21October 25, 2020 4:31 AM

GEORGE!

by Anonymousreply 22October 25, 2020 4:32 AM

I just discovered that W went out of print in March. I enjoyed it for a time.

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by Anonymousreply 23October 25, 2020 4:35 AM

I didn't know W had folded

by Anonymousreply 24October 25, 2020 4:38 AM

First Hand

Penthouse Forum

Sensuous Letters

by Anonymousreply 25October 25, 2020 4:39 AM

Details

Nylon

by Anonymousreply 26October 25, 2020 4:43 AM

Instinct.

by Anonymousreply 27October 25, 2020 4:47 AM

RAGS

by Anonymousreply 28October 25, 2020 4:52 AM

Flair, edited by Fleur Cowles

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by Anonymousreply 29October 25, 2020 5:01 AM

Bachelor, the first "coded" gay magazine

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by Anonymousreply 30October 25, 2020 5:03 AM

Movieline Cottage Living

by Anonymousreply 31October 25, 2020 5:06 AM

Movieline

Cottage Living

by Anonymousreply 32October 25, 2020 5:06 AM

Top Model

by Anonymousreply 33October 25, 2020 5:09 AM

[quote]I just discovered that W went out of print in March.

It still runs online.

Details. It's where I discovered Anderson Cooper who routinely wrote editorials for it. They went through a few reiterations before it finally folded, moving from lifestyle and fashion, briefly to a frat type mag like Maxim, then to just style and fashion.

Premiere.

by Anonymousreply 34October 25, 2020 5:18 AM

After Dark

by Anonymousreply 35October 25, 2020 5:21 AM

Exercise for Men Only

by Anonymousreply 36October 25, 2020 5:23 AM

Does anyone else remember “In Touch for Men”?

It was a gay mag in the 80s with actual good writing.

by Anonymousreply 37October 25, 2020 5:26 AM

R1 yes!!!

by Anonymousreply 38October 25, 2020 5:27 AM

I never understood the success of Premiere. It was so basic and anemic like Esquire.

by Anonymousreply 39October 25, 2020 5:41 AM

TV Guide

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by Anonymousreply 40October 25, 2020 6:07 AM

New West

by Anonymousreply 41October 25, 2020 6:57 AM

R35 = Norma McLain Stoop

by Anonymousreply 42October 25, 2020 7:04 AM

Tri-athlete always had j.o. worthy photos.

by Anonymousreply 43October 25, 2020 7:08 AM

TIME, Newsweek, US News & World Report.

by Anonymousreply 44October 25, 2020 7:12 AM

After Dark

by Anonymousreply 45October 25, 2020 10:00 AM

Look and Life magazines.

TV Guide is still in print.

by Anonymousreply 46October 25, 2020 10:05 AM

Loved Movieline. As a kid growing up in a small town it fed my dreams. I also read Premiere. It was more industry based I felt. Seconded for EW too. Loved it but since going monthly its gone down hill

by Anonymousreply 47October 25, 2020 10:12 AM

R36 I came here to mention "Exercise For Men Only". I know there's plenty of porn online, but I do still regret not ordering one of those bodybuilder "lifestyle" videos out of the back section. There was also a video with a plot that involved an all-male bachelor party weekend that I'd still love to see (though I'm sure it was just like any other porn film I can watch on Pornhub.

by Anonymousreply 48October 25, 2020 10:58 AM

I was going through some mementos and found the first issue of Talk magazine.

by Anonymousreply 49October 25, 2020 11:04 AM

Metropolitan Home Apartment Life Domino House and Garden Life

by Anonymousreply 50October 25, 2020 11:52 AM

Signal - internationally distributed Nazi magazine.

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by Anonymousreply 51October 25, 2020 11:54 AM

Collier's

The Ladies Home Companion

Photoplay

Confidential

Tiger Beat

by Anonymousreply 52October 25, 2020 12:28 PM

I just loved Signal’s They are just like Us section.

by Anonymousreply 53October 25, 2020 12:43 PM

Don't forget the hot pinups!

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by Anonymousreply 54October 25, 2020 12:48 PM

Dynamite

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by Anonymousreply 55October 25, 2020 1:55 PM

Viva, Blue Boy

by Anonymousreply 56October 25, 2020 1:59 PM

Can't believe nobody mentioned YM!

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by Anonymousreply 57October 25, 2020 2:08 PM

In Theater

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by Anonymousreply 58October 25, 2020 2:14 PM

Boy's Life

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by Anonymousreply 59October 25, 2020 2:17 PM

Mandate

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by Anonymousreply 60October 25, 2020 2:18 PM

Films and Filming : a U.K. magazine

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by Anonymousreply 61October 25, 2020 2:18 PM

r59 - Boys' Real Life

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by Anonymousreply 62October 25, 2020 2:19 PM

I’ll second the love for After Dark. It was the launching pad for so many gaylings in the 1970s and 80s. I spent hours jacking off to the gorgeous photos by Kenn Duncan.

by Anonymousreply 63October 25, 2020 2:20 PM

Family Circle Magazine stopped publication almost a year ago

that is also why the First Lady Cookie Contest was cancelled

by Anonymousreply 64October 25, 2020 2:21 PM

Yes, r63...

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by Anonymousreply 65October 25, 2020 2:22 PM

R64 Vhat vill ve do for ze Chrisamas?

by Anonymousreply 66October 25, 2020 2:24 PM

I was not happy when this magazine disappeared after only two years.

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by Anonymousreply 67October 25, 2020 2:26 PM

I loved Outweek. And TheaterWeek. I had so many subscriptions in college.

I wish someone would put these on a full digital archive like was done with Rolling Stone and Mad Magazine. I'd love to get After Dark.

by Anonymousreply 68October 25, 2020 2:31 PM

R68 - you can check out the Outweek archive here . . .

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by Anonymousreply 69October 25, 2020 2:34 PM

The Nose

by Anonymousreply 70October 25, 2020 2:58 PM

The American Jewess

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by Anonymousreply 71October 25, 2020 3:00 PM

Big'Uns

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by Anonymousreply 72October 25, 2020 3:01 PM

I remember a fun little low-budget 'zine called S.T.H. (Straight To Hell) — full of reader-submitted gay sex stories. Anybody remember that one?

by Anonymousreply 73October 25, 2020 3:04 PM

Holy shit, R69, that's amazing. Thank you!

by Anonymousreply 74October 25, 2020 3:06 PM

Satan

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by Anonymousreply 75October 25, 2020 3:06 PM

Family Breeding Digest

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by Anonymousreply 76October 25, 2020 3:09 PM

Please tell me that Juggs is still around...

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by Anonymousreply 77October 25, 2020 3:13 PM

Sassy!

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by Anonymousreply 78October 25, 2020 3:16 PM

International Male

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by Anonymousreply 79October 25, 2020 3:19 PM

Liberty

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by Anonymousreply 80October 25, 2020 3:19 PM

Physique Pictorial

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by Anonymousreply 81October 25, 2020 3:23 PM

Q Magazine just went defunct in July 2020. I had a stack of random issues going back to 1988 that I tossed when I moved last year. In the early 2000s it often came with a free compilation CD that was attached to the front cover. Some of them were quite good and I was introduced to a lot of artists through them.

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by Anonymousreply 82October 25, 2020 3:34 PM

Glamour. It's online only now.

by Anonymousreply 83October 25, 2020 5:06 PM

Grit! I never saw an actual copy but I sure saw a lot of comic book advertisements for it.

by Anonymousreply 84October 26, 2020 1:22 AM

Glad I saved all my old Spy magazines from the 80's and 90's. So pissed that I ditched all my After Darks years ago.

by Anonymousreply 85October 26, 2020 1:39 AM

My favorite magazine was Manshots. Yes, it was gay porn, but more importantly, it was ABOUT gay porn. Great interviews, reviews of recent flicks, as well as classics from the past. I'm ashamed to say that the first thing I looked for when I got the magazine was the last page, which was an obituary of who died from AIDS that month.

For non-porn, does anyone remember "16" and Tiger Beat magazines? My sister lived for those rags when we were kids. It was all Davy Jones, Donny Osmond, Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy and for some inexplicable reason, no-talent actor Sajid Khan.

by Anonymousreply 86October 26, 2020 1:46 AM

Get with it, r86, there's a NEW Annette!

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by Anonymousreply 87October 26, 2020 1:55 AM
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