GQ MARCH 2012
Keep an eye out this week as the bigger March issues start hitting newsstands. This is one of the best covers I’ve seen from GQ. It’s a refreshing, colorful and bold entrance into spring. Featuring the always genuine Paul Rudd, and a reinvented Jennifer Aniston, who’s foul-mouthed, Betty White-like role in last year’s “Horrible Bosses” finally snapped her out of a decade of horrible romantic comedies. Look out for their new upcoming film “Wanderlust,” releasing February 24th.
Putting out a superstar magazine each month takes incredible talent and GQ has been doing it for decades. Led by Jim Nelson, Michael Hainey, Fred Woodward and Jim Moore – perhaps the 4 best editorial minds in publishing. (more…)
W FEBRUARY 2012
This cover for the February issue of W Magazine is a bit perplexing as it looks like it could have been shot in 1994 during the “Interview with a Vampire” craze. Freshly blown out, feathered hair is a risky game plan and it’s a bit surprising that it was approved. “Brad Pitt Hotter Than Ever” & “Spring’s Sexiest Fashion” does little to offset the overall impression that this cover might be better suited for Glamour or Cosmo. Here’s a terrific flashback photo of Mr. Pitt from another 1994 classic, can you guess the movie? (more…)
VANITY FAIR FEBRUARY 2012
Check out this terrific Vanity Fair cover for their just-released February 2012 issue. Shot by Annie Leibovitz, the somewhat dark and brooding cover features Daniel Craig, George Clooney and Matt Damon looking roguish, buttoned-up and laid back. “Let Us Now Quiz Leading Men” promises a revealing look into the actors lives, as they take the famous Proust Questionnaire. No one does timeless, iconic portrait photography better than Leibovitz and VF, and it’s refreshing to see talented leading men be the focus.
THE NOVEMBER COVERS
V Man with James Franco
Details with David Gandy
Esquire with Rihanna
GQ with Eminem, RIchards & Wayne
Maxim with Jessica Gomes
Men's Health with Henry Cavill
Men's Journal with Ali
For the November 2011 covers there are a few surprises: Details going old-school by featuring a male model, David Gandy, and GQ with an impressive rock and roll cover and all music issue. Others are no surprise at all: Maxim going slutty with a bikini clad girl who dragged a garden hose to the beach and Men’s Health featuring biceps and a black tee shirt again, although to be fair, it’s a slightly camouflage shirt if you look really close. Gandy is best known as the face of Dolce Gabbana’s (more…)
THE OCTOBER COVERS
V Man with Taylor Lautner
Men's Journal & Alex Skarsgard
Men's Health & Orlando Bloom
Maxim with Yvonne Strahovski
Interview with Florence Welch
GQ with Leonardo DiCaprio
Esquire with Justin Timberlake
Details with Armie Hammer
October is one of those covers that magazine’s are not afraid to take chances on by featuring rising stars that you may or may not have heard of. What else could explain Arnie Hammer for Details, Florence Welch for Interview and Yvonne Strahovski looking like a slutty cowgirl for Maxim? The rest come out with guns blazing, including a killer GQ cover with Leonardo DiCaprio looking like Hollywood royalty, Esquire with (more…)
THE SEPTEMBER COVERS
ESQUIRE with Ryan Gosling
DETAILS with Ashton Kutcher
GQ with Mark Sanchez
MAXIM with Lake Bell
V MAN with Matthew Terry
INTERVIEW with Anne Hathaway
MEN'S JOURNAL Jaguar CX75
MEN'S HEALTH with Sam Worthington
With all of the September issues now on newsstands it’s a good time to show them side by side. September is by far the biggest issue of the year for each magazine, with March following a close second. Esquire shows Ryan Gosling cuddling himself, Details has taken a rather innovative approach featuring Ashton Kutcher in coordination with an online-only special issue, GQ with a vibrant and fresh cover featuring Mark Sanchez, Maxim (more…)
THE JULY 2011 MENS COVERS
INTERVIEW June/July 2011
MEN'S JOURNAL July 2011
MEN'S HEALTH July/August 2011
GQ July 2011
ESQUIRE June/July 2011
DETAILS June/July 2011
MAXIM July 2011
July is that time of year when many publishers tighten the belt and do a double issue, so you’ve no doubt seen a few of these covers already. What is curious to note is how Men’s Journal puts out 12 issues a year at (more…)
THE JUNE 2011 COVERS
V MAN Summer 2011
MEN'S JOURNAL June 2011
MEN'S HEALTH June 2011
MAXIM June 2011
GQ June 2011
ESQUIRE June 2011
DETAILS June 2011
Details has finally hit newsstands so we can bring you the June 2011 covers. All went the actor route, with the exception of Men’s Health with Congressman Aaron Shock displaying his abs for his constituents. The rest: Details with Ryan Reynolds for (more…)
THE MAY COVERS
GQ May 2011
ESQUIRE May 2011
DETAILS May 2011
MAXIM May 2011
MEN'S HEALTH May 2011
MEN'S JOURNAL May 2011
INTERVIEW May 2011
V MAN May 2011
Here’s a quick look at the covers of the May 2011 men’s magazines that recently hit newsstands. Most play is safe, with 6 of 8 featuring actors from newly released films. Esquire with Abbie Cornish for “Sucker Punch,” which has been out forever, GQ with Zach Galifianakis for “Hangover 2,” Details with Mark Ruffalo, Maxim with Jordana Brewster for the franchise that will never end, “Fast 5,” Men’s Health with Chris Hemsworth for “Thor,” and (more…)
