XXL Magazine Annotation

XXL Music Magazine

This music magazine appealed to me as I am a big fan of the ‘Hip – Hop/Rap’ genre… so I thought it would be a wise move for me to annotate it for my future publishing of a music magazine consisting of a: Front cover/Contents page/Double page spread.

Advantages of this magazine would be:

ü  Clear brand logo (Masthead)

ü  Good choice of the main feature article photo

ü  Lots of point sizes means that this front page is a lot more eye – catching

ü  Clear barcode

ü  Use of issue number

ü  Good use of ‘Puffs’

ü  Again, good use of ‘Plugs’ too

ü  Cover lines are also made bold + clear

Dis – advantages would be:

û  Cover price could be a lot more clearer to the reader

û  ‘Typeface’ isn’t really used in this front cover