Vice, Vol. 30, #1
245 x 310 mm, 184 pages
New York, US
Quarterly
First published in 1994, relaunched as quarterly in 2025
Global editorial director: Ben Ditto
Editor-in-chief: Kevin Lee Kharas
Design: Eva Bevec
Vice began life as an underground punk zine in Montreal in 1994, under the moniker ‘Voice’; it subsequently relocated to New York, where it became a multi-billion dollar global empire and the iconoclastic voice of a generation. Following a six year hiatus, the magazine announced it would be returning as a quarterly publication in 2025 under the global editorial direction of Ben Ditto, alongside EIC Kevin Lee Kharas.
This ‘Self–Destruction Issue’ for Summer 2026 opens with a pithy editorial from Kevin Lee Kharas, addressing those who have wronged himself the magazine—printers, lawyers, puritans, and social media trolls—in various ways—refusing, scolding, blackmailing and silencing—he declares: ‘Rest assured, the joy in our hearts is the elixir that will let us outlive you all.’ On the cover, Kuaci Kontrasocial captures a fierce Taoist piercing ceremony, while eagle-eyed readers may also notice that this edition is a tad smaller than its predecessor.
Inside, longstanding Vice contributor Bertie Brandes reflects on a series of failed love affairs with men rocking everything from minor leg injuries to automobiles; the editorial team suggest 10 alternative hobbies to successfully throw your life off course; and an essay from Giancarlo Ditrapano—penned before his sudden passing in 2021—recounts an acid trip that led to a series of candid tweets fired at The New York Times, the Safdie brothers and David Remnick.
Elsewhere, AI chatbots give their two cents on self destruction, Nick Dove contemplates ‘performative cuckoldry’, and music journalist Simon Reynolds investigates ‘the itch for oblivion, from Lou Reed to Juice WRLD’.