PRINTED ISSUE #1: it's here
Seriously. It’s HERE. A brand new, fine arts and humor magazine just for joplin, Missouri. Now it’s not just online: it’s in print.
HERE’S SOME STATS:
64 pages
28 contributors
NO ads for issue 1
high quality magazine paper/printing
every feature created by a Joplin resident or alum
$15 per issue ( + tax)
What’s in it?
Genres/mediums include satire, editorials, interviews, photography, coloring pages, mad libs, poetry, paintings, digital art, comic style, and more.
Here’s a little sneak peek at the table of contents…
Here’s some credits:
PRINTING by All Seasons signs and printing. A quick note on that; we chose our printer carefully and, to be honest, with some nervousness- we seriously care about this being well done across the board, and shoddy printing would put the entire operation at risk. After several recommendations and a highly competitive bid from All Seasons, we bit the bullet and hired them out.
We are VERY happy with the results. This local business did an outstanding job in terms of sharpness, color, paper quality, cover, and binding; I can’t tell you how many times now I’ve seen someone pick one of these up and let out a surprised reaction along the lines of “oh! oh WOW this is nice”, not just because of our designs and content, but because of the quality of the printing itself.
DESIGN by Kayla Monteleone.
I can’t tell you how thankful we are for Kayla, who, within the last few months jumped all in on our little venture, not only in terms of single-handedly laying out this entire first issue, but also in being a pivotal member of our toad team as we work out the creative and business end of all this.
And as for the design- pick one up and see for yourself. Her work is phenomenal.
SPONSORSHIPS, provided by:
These companies were in it with us at the beginning! We’re very grateful to them for being willing to sponsor the issue, which helped us get our printing costs covered.
Viola Salon
Joplin Chamber of Commerce
Visit Joplin MO
Englebert Group Architecture
Crabby’s Seafod
Blackstone gastropub
Newlife insurance
Downtown Joplin Alliance
Sun City Solar
Joplin Avenue Coffee Company
Image provided by Eric Haun/Viola Salon
THE TEAM:
Special shout out to Theresa- our financial officer and one of our editors- thank you for just being awesome and incredibly loyal.
To the rest of our editors, proofreaders, artists, and writers- WOW. You really really knocked it out of the park. What an incredible collaboration!
Now go get one.
Issues currently available at any of these Joplin Missouri selling locations:
And much thanks to each of these local businesses for being so willing to sell these for us.
More to come… this is only issue ONE, after all. :)