Question One

Overall I think I stuck to a lot of the conventions but challenged it slightly by adding my own twist by making it have a 60-90's style mixed with a current style. Also not having famous bands on the front all of the time, and instead having mostly upcoming bands, this would mean my audience would find out about new bands while finding information about currently big ones. So although I stuck to these conventions by using an animal and having a leather jacket and dark clothes and the placing of everything, I tried to challenge it in a way that would still sell the magazine, I didn't go as far as David Carson did with Raygun, he completely went against standard conventions and although that did draw some attention to his magazines, they weren't even identifiable because they would change every issue so if someone went to but it, they most likely wouldn't be able to find it. Raygun did explored many different designs in attempt to be different and quirky which was very successful but maybe the designs were just too strange and abstract, although it my be good to be different the audience is so niche and if the magazine is changed every time, it's impossible to keep up with unfortunately and this did cause it to go out of business which is quite sad, the idea of a magazine with just a random tomato on the front seems brilliant, I love the creativity and daring side to push the boundaries, and the confusion of the audience is amusing, I'd certainly buy that magazine, just to laugh and see something so artistic. Maybe if it was more subtly different, still being adventurous but to a reasonable amount then it wouldn't have died out, especially with the new need to be different and stand out and this is what I tried, maybe I could have been a bit more daring...