Hint...make the A in "SLASHER" large and with an inscribed circle over it...

Peace,
JT

I suppose it's only fair to add some Red in the mix for this challenge.

Color requirements are now Black & White, and Red is optional.

What kind of magazine is this?

A cutting edge magazine.

ChrisL

It is much like Head Injury Monthly, but tailored to the offender rather than the victim.

Whoops! I blew it! I thought the title was just Slash--oh well, here it is anyway until I fix it:

ChrisL

That one is great, Chris! :)

Thanks!

Here is the whole word:

ChrisL

that’s a really interesting R

Thanks, James. I was shooting for a cut above the rest :-)

ChrisL

Off Topic--

Jelmar,
I just went to your site and saw your nice type work. You really made my day! I love the text you used for the samples. I just laughed my derrière of with the quarterpounder with cheese thing :-)

ChrisL

Always so incisive…

LOL!!!

ChrisL

dezignated punster said: A cutting-edge magazine.

with killer content, sharp commentary,
and slice-of-life profiles.

eek, had to get that outta the system/

chris, pretty cool letters, could work for a skate brand. There's some interesting, dagger-like negative space between the E-R.

Chris: thanks for the compliments! :)
I love those texts for use in my specimens. :D

Aaron, I love that first entry. Really really cool.

[semibad]

Thanks Andi! I'm having a blast with this. My current project at work isn't the most satisfying creatively so I get my fix with little fun stuff like this!

Join the club. I really like the feel of that first one Aaron, but it sort of combines a butcher shop with a mod feel—more Milk Bar. The second one gets more into the Psycho/Dressed to Kill mode, which is where the word takes me (with a Fangoria chaser).

@ Group—Not a drop of blood so far. Very restrained.

Yeah. James, a coworker told me that i should keep that on file in case we ever work with a fish market! Ha! yeah totally in that vein. Can't wait to see more submissions. I too am surprised there hasn't been blood splatter yet!

HA HA HA! Exactly! (*chocolate? Or actual blood?)

Brian,
Well done addition to the mag's profile :-) I never get that stuff out of my system!
Regarding the negative space, that was what I was after, not so much a dagger look as a kind of Zorro slashing feeling.

"@ Group—Not a drop of blood so far."
Regarding blood--I assume blood and gore images will be on the cover all the time so it may not be needed on the masthead as well. I do like the Psycho shower scene touch, Jupiterboy! :-)

ChrisL

Lite Soy with a dash of Photoshop.

Not as literally. Tried something with – a slash. Still no blood.

Jan? Honestly?

Not slashy enough?
This certainly isn’t Serial Killer’s Monthly.

I like it. It doesn't junk up the idea, like this.

ChrisL

Im seeing this as more of a DIY home improvement magazine. At least that's what happened when I tried to build a driveway gate:

That's really attractive line quality randy!

That looks a bit more like it says "Masher"

JonE.

JonE.

Jon, your entry does not look very slashy to me, rather like the local energy provider.

10 minutes of freehand mousing in illustrator later:

Stephan, your local energy provider looks very slashy :)
hmm..yours looks like...i don't know, definitely not a masthead for any kind of magazine.

JonE.

Here's my Slasher.

Slasher is aimed at the ever growing, design conscious and stylish populace living during the so-called New Century – a time in the (hopefully) distant future — whose biggest passion in life is taking life. Preferably with knives, but they are aiming beyond that and always willing to explore new possibilities and fascinating workflows. I am very proud to present to you below some previously unreleased rough drafts of Slasher covers due to appear in approx. 2152 AD (given that the editors are still alive then).

Appypollyloggies if anyone is offended by this. The tone is supposed to lie somewhere between Monty Python, Clockwork Orange, and some dystopian sci-fi flicks.

Special Offer: Download four exclusive Slasher covers!

@Roniewhorn: Thanks. Q-tip in gauche/blood

@cuttlefish: Yup. Though Masher would also accurately describe what happened.

@kottis: love it!

Oh, how embarrassing. Just occurred to me, was I supposed to draw the letters myself?

Oops. ;-)

You can or can't, up to you. I only got one exclusive cover though :(, and this isn't Axer it's slasher. God, people always think they are the same. The Axers are so 19th century.

Randy's handyman Journal--measure twice, cut once...but cut the WOOD, Randy! you know, the stuff that emits sawdust instead of blood when cut :-)

ChrisL

Oh, the Axers had a big revival around 2153 AD, actually provoked by this issue of Slasher.
The thing with the target audience of Slasher is, being slashers is their lowest common denominator so to speak. They already live and breathe slashing, so nobody needs to tell them shit about slashing. What Slasher does is introduce them to new techniques from the unique perspective of a slasher.

Oh, and the other covers are in the pdf linked below the image – pasting them in here kinda felt like taking up too much space.

Nina, there’s only the one cover in the pdf that you already posted.

snuk

Ow! Sorry. My brain had already gone to sleep. I've just replaced the pdf file.

Font is FF Pitu. (More fitting than anything I could dream up myself.)

Nice Craig. So far I heart Andy’s most of all.

So far, these are sinfully good.

Well, I was going to do a grid-based geometric sans, and then "slash" it somehow, but I ended up with this.

Okay, maybe I'm just lazy and not that good, but two things here: first, I figure, more oft than not, 'slashers' aren't big on advertising the fact that they are slashers, that it is something secretly hidden within, so that's why I stuck with just embellishing the A there within the sharp, straight-and-narrow rest of it; second, there's just a slight nod to HUSTLER magazine there with my font choice (fairly basic but classier), as I'm guessing slashers get off on their evil acts, as do - if this were just a mag for horror fans - horror fans getting off on the suspense and gore. I don't know. Forget I said anything. I suck. Just bored...

I dig that, Matthew!
My favourite so far is Aaron's first one. Wikkid.

Andy, that is completely unexpected and hilarious.

Nina, coolest barcode evar.

I hope I get time to try something this week!

I like Andy's best, too. But it's not anatomically correct - If you actually cut open letters, you'll find some (like A and H) actually have two bones running through the midsection.

Nina, hilarious covers, love it!

:) Thanks guys, it was a lot of fun in any case!

Quick and dirty effort: utilizing the quite ominous-looking Kingthings Spikeless Pro by Kevin King (recently reworked for my site ;) with a modified appendix to the h...
(Edit: looked even more evil in negative... ;)

Oh right, i'm Andy! I forgot that i abbreviated my name in my profile (it's really Andreas).

Anyway, thanks, i'm flattered! My favorite is the first one.

@eliason: Nuts! That's a great idea, wish i had thought of it! Might have to change it if i find the time.

thanks nina! your cover is great! super clean and cool direction for the concept!

We should have a type battle that is everything not to do in design. . . "WORST LOGO EVER" we did it in my office today and here's mine:

http://i35.tinypic.com/2bshab.jpg

Let's see some more, Aaron!

“WORST LOGO EVER”

Haha. That's pretty dang bad! I did that a couple years ago, for a friend of mine who taught a screen design class to beginners, and needed an example for what not to do in a logo / header image. It was fun. Great idea for a battle!

(Also, thanks :) )

My favorite is still Craig's. But for something completely different....

@Randy I just realized that's a self portrait. Ouch.

@Ronlewhorn (Aaron). Nicely done. I think your first entry still in the lead for me. And welcome to Typophile.

@altaira The magazine cover definitely helps demonstrate the potential of this one.

Joe,
Slashing: 2 inches
Nerve repair: 2 mm
Bandages: 2 miles
Doctors orders not to change diapers or do dishes: priceless

Merely a fleshwound!

Slash 'n Mash

Cool design, oprion, but maybe you should've modified the "L" character? To me it reads "SIASHER."

ChrisL

bahahahahaha

Very funny Chris :)

^smarty!

Nice one, James!

ChrisL

Great Battle, everyone! I am impressed at the variety and the mad skillz!

I am with Joe on this one - Aaron's first entry is SOLID, actually both are. And I'm thrilled to see that Randy is using his own blood! Way to invest yourself into your work ;)

The rest of y'all better get yer gloves out and throw some fancy punches if you plan on takin' this one.

(I love the battles because it allows me to use made-up wordz and talk trash)

I am sure others might want to take a stab at it as well, Zara.

ChrisL

Et tu, Brute?

Well I ain't no Lady MacBeth! :-)

ChrisL

Nobody has used a picture of Slash yet? Ahhhh.

(Thanks Nina.)

there are some beautifully clever bits here, especially the two by Ronlewhorn and by itc_james

unfortunatley I wasnt clever enought to think of them first, so heres my rather literal 5 minute effort.

that body typography makes me feel a little bit ill.

Ben, you think he should bury the body?

only if he cuts it up into a thousand pieces first. :-)

ChrisL

Hello everyone.This is my view of "slasher".