![]() How many hours do you spend a week on Popshot? Inbetween those things are a great number of emails and fretting as to whether the new issue is going to be as good as the last. After a new issue has launched and all the work has been done, it can be little more than a few hours a week.ĭo you have other people working on the Popshot team and what do they do? I don’t work on the magazine full-time but when it’s really busy in the lead up to a new issue, it can take up every evening and every weekend. I have the lovely Hugh who deals with subscriptions, Facebook stuff, general admin etc. I also have a network of heroes who help advise me/decide whether something is a good idea or not. What do you do when you’re not editing Popshot? They may not think that they are, but they’re key. I work for an advertising agency as an Editor-in-Chief. As for my spare time…I don’t really have much of that. I could still do a better job of seeking out the relatively unknown illustrators but it’s almost a full time occupation searching for them! I scour blogs, websites, agencies, magazines, newspapers and exhibitions for new illustrators, as well as sorting through the hundreds of portfolios that we get sent. What is the worst part of running a magazine? #Popshot magazine editor full# I guess it’s a lot of time spent behind a computer screen so I would love for it to be a little more tactile, but when you’re doing something you love, that pales into insignificance. In addition to a new logo, website and composition, Popshot will also be taking short story and flash fiction submissions to accompany the poetry that has come to define the magazine.What was the biggest thing you’ve learned since starting Popshot? I wouldn’t mind if it paid a little better as well. The next issue of the biannual publication, “Birth,” is set to drop in October, and will mark a rebrand for the magazine after seven issues. ![]() Jacob Denno, the mastermind behind Popshot, calls this process a “conversation” between the two art forms, stating that “poems give reason for the illustrations to exist and vice versa.” This allows readers to engage with ideas that may have otherwise gone unexplored and creates a beautiful balance of text and image-all crammed into 64 pages of uncoated 115 gsm, which gives the magazine an organic and earthy feel. Those selected are then sent to a group of 20 illustrators who create an image to match the text. ![]() Inundated with thousands of submissions for each issue, the Popshot team performs the arduous task of picking just a handful of poems for publication. The London-based outlet calls upon poets to write original, thought-provoking pieces of work based on a set theme. Created in 2008, the British-based print magazine is now the flag-bearer for a new generation of creative writers and illustrators. For a glimpse at the changing face of poetry, cast aside the dusty anthology and make room for the 21st century’s answer to an ancient art form- Popshot Magazine.
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