mean magazine

2009 saw the end of Mean magazine. Officially Mean is on hiatus, but it’s unlikely that the print version will be resurrected any time soon. Mean and the creative vision of publisher, Kashy Khaledi lives on in a short video format hosted by Microsoft’s Zune network. You can see clips here.

Here I’ve posted some spreads from the last four years. Editors were Andy Hunter, Sorina Diaconescu and Mya Stark. I hope fans of Mean enjoy some of these pages.
Around the same time that Mean was winding down, I started art directing two other magazines, Artillery and BrainWorld, and a literary journal Electric Literature. Posts of those mags can be found in the New Magazines section, and I’ve put a post of Electric Literature in the Books section.

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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2008

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A lot of great creative in this issue, mostly thanks to Kashy and Mya Stark. If you can find a copy, there’s a fun pictorial featuring Bill Hader that is shot by Kurt Iswarienko and also illustrated by comic artist Sean Phillips. Also, a great photo feature with the legendary Ben Kingsley playing Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat fame for fans of Punk history.

Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen story shot by Tony Kaye.

Emma Stone story, photographed by Kurt Iswarienko.

Anna Farris shot by Kurt Iswarienko.

Summer Bishil spread, photographed by Kurt Iswarienko.

Intro spread for Seth MacFarlane story. Photograph by James Gooding.

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SUMMER 2008

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We used metallic silver as a fifth ink throughout this issue with the theme of dreams. Everywhere you see gray, imagine beautiful, shiny silver.

James McAvoy cover & story shot by Kurt Iswarienko.

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Harmony Korine shot by Rachel Korine.

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Dennis Hopper shot by Mr. James Gooding.

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Adam Yauch shot by the awesome Chris Buck.

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—Bill Smith

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