Coilhouse and Crow Toes
I am always on a lookout for artistic and literature magazines, and wanted to share with you two of my favorites, one old and one new.
The first magazine is called Coilhouse, a gorgeous mosaic of alternative culture’s art and creators. This artistic journal features beautiful, full-color photography of dystopian worlds, old world humanoid curiosities and future technological body enchancements, and bodies of work of contemporary artists as well as witty articles and interviews with modern creators. The magazine has a fantastic layout that is driven by subculture’s heroes, people whose brilliant work gets passed over by producers seeking more commercial and marketable features in a body of work. Check out some more layouts after the break:
I only just discovered the second magazine I want to talk about. I’ve never truly seen a good children’s literature magazine until I saw Crow Toes Quarterly, which features a darker side to creative children’s writing. Magazines for kids tend to have Kids Writing for Kids, and for some reason it’s been a strange concept to have short stories written by adults. Crow Toes Quarterly was started in Canada by children’s author Christopher Millin (The King of Arugula) with the idea to inspire and scare. It’s filled with lovely and imaginative artwork as well as clever writing and fun. And it’s not that expensive for a magazine of that caliber, which is always a big plus for me!
Check these out to see what I mean. Not only is the content amazing in both periodicals, but the layout of the content is masterful and a pleasure to look at. Enjoy!