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...and it is a tie (well - not TIE Fighter ;-)
This year begins with a blast as not one, but two magazines start the collecting year of STAR WARS themed covers.
One is from Germany and it is the No 1 2015 issue of GEEK magazine. I´m quite certain this will not be the last SW cover from GEEK this year (though the Vader picture is old and has nothing to do with Ep7)
Number two - and this is my favourite already - FORTUNE magazine featuring Bob Iger in front of the new Millennium Falcon! This is a really interesting read and great pictures! Thanks Bob for buying STAR WARS ;-)
Title: GEEK No. 1 /2015
Published/created by Panini Comics Germany
Cover Story
GERMANY
NOP: 3
and
Title: FORTUNE 1 January 2015
Published/created by FORTUNE
Cover Story
USA
NOP: 4 (?)
...it will be a year long remembered - I promise ;-) I know ´The Force Awakens´ will be a blast! (You hear me J.J. ? - don´t screw it !) Well, and if you then think about the whole spin-off plan from Disney...the STAR WARS movie future looks bright - so will hopefully the magazine side. Stay tuned!
with a partial cover at ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!
You can´t ask for more - STAR WARS back again at EW! They already had so many great STAR WARS covers in the past -
I´m sure this is just the beginning for 2015! My bet for the STAR WARS year: 5 covers fetauring our beloved saga! Wanna bet ?
comes from STARBURST magazine - and it´s a winner! As you hopefully know STARBURST magazine has been re-animated and is now back in full swing. Tricky to get outside the British/UK key market - always a good choice for news, gossip and behind the scenes stories!
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the title of the J.J. Abrams-directed film, Disney announced Thursday. The studio also confirmed that it had wrapped principal photography, which had been widely reported over the weekend. Can´t wait until Dec 18th, 2015!
People who know me, are well aware of my digital lifestyle and my interest in all things IT. Funny though, when it comes to magazines I´m all ANALOG! I do get all my news via the web - who doesn´t - but when is comes to collecting magazines I´m ALL OLD SCHOOL!
But - let´s face it - it won´t take long and the magazines as we love them, will have gone extinct :-(
Year after year we loose another magazine and the whole market is becoming smaller and smaller, which is a pretty sad development. I see the chances - of course - as well (cutting printing costs, distribution etc. etc. ) BUT still - I don´t like it...
Enough complaining - there is good within the digital publishing world as well and one of those things is ISSUU. I have just learned, that there is a digital only STAR WARS magazine called THE EMPIRE!
In their own words:
The EMPIRE monthly is the official web-magazine of the 501st Legion Russian Outpost. The 501st Legion is a worldwide Star Wars costuming organization comprised of and operated by Star Wars fans. While it is not sponsored by Lucasfilm Ltd., it is Lucasfilm's preferred Imperial costuming group.
It´s a fan magazine covering the activities of the 501s and it looks promising - you can check it out here:
And now that I have lured you to ISSUU, you should try to run the term STAR WARS through their digital library, or you just click here - there you go - lots of new and old mags and books (though I do have my concerns about the copyright situation for some publications. Anyway - enjoy!
It´s been a while but here it is: Galaxis magazine no. 4 - SciFis best kept secret (it´s a shame that this jewel really gets so little media attention :-( ) John Zipperer has done it again - so this issue is a lot less STAR WARS oriented BUT it features JJ Abrams (directing STAR TREK) and a ton of more great articles.
You can read the digital copy right here via ISSUU - worth checking out.
Again, thank you John Zipperer for sharing your passion with us!
Title: GALAXIS No. 4
Published/created by Weimar World Service
Cover Story
USA
NOP: depends
