Journal tagged by Illustration

Ukrainian magazine The Black Sea Whale was first conceived as a platform for new Ukrainian writers and illustrators; as its publishers Ulana and Marko Suprun developed the idea, Russia invaded the country and the magazine was published in a very different context. Ulana tells us more as she shares her working week. 

New York-based writer Samuel Medina is editor of New York Review of Architecture, the tabloid-sized black and yellow magazine that is building an audience for its long-form essays about architecture and its place in the wider culture. He tells us more about the magazine—and its rat mascots—as he shares his week ahead.

The first question facing our latest Magazine of the Month was, ‘is it a magazine?’ Taking our simplest description of the form—a serial publication—then yes, Left Cultures fits the bill perfectly. Plus it’s built from text and illustration. Read on to find out more, and learn why we selected it this month.

As illustration magazine Wrap returns after a four-year hiatus, co-founder Chris Harrison talks us through five defining elements of the issue. He highlights their desire to take full advantage of the print medium, and explains how they hope to show off illustration work in the best and most appropriate ways.

The annual international edition of ZEITmagazin is always a great reminder of what we English-speakers miss in the weekly German edition: in short, great commissiong across wrod and image. Here’s a quick look at some visual highlights from this year’s issue.

 

Artist Savage Pencil made his name in the 1980s at Sounds magazine with his much-loved comic strip ‘Rock n Roll Zoo’. He has continued to contribute his distinctive angular line drawings to magazines and record labels ever since, and we meet him as his latest project, a guest edited issue of Ambit Pop, is released.