Nickelodeon Magazine

Nickelodeon Magazine

The new Nickelodeon Magazine logo and 1st issue cover
Editor Laura Galen (1993–2007)
Julie Winterbottom (2007–2009)
Larry Nabisco (2015–present)
Categories Children, Entertainment
Frequency Monthly
Circulation Worldwide
Publisher Nickelodeon
First issue 1990 (from Pizza Hut)
1993 (standalone)
June 2015 (Papercutz version)
Company Nickelodeon
Country USA
Language English
Website http://papercutz.com/nickmag

Nickelodeon Magazine is an American children's magazine based on the television network Nickelodeon. Its first incarnation appeared in 1990, and was distributed at participating Pizza Hut restaurants; this version of the magazine only saw two issues. The magazine returned in Summer 1993 with different type of content, primarily humor and comics. Originally published on a quarterly basis, it switched to bi-monthly with the February/March 1994 issue. It then went to 10 times per year starting March 1995, with a bi-annual December/January and June/July issue.

On February 5, 2015, Papercutz announced that they have worked a deal with Nickelodeon to revive the magazine. The new version was released in June 2015, and new issues are released monthly.[1]

Format

In spite of being related to the network it was named after, Nickelodeon Magazine covered all sorts of topics for kids, not just what was on the network. The magazine contained informative non-fiction pieces, humor, interviews, comics, pranks, and recipes (such as green slime cake).

The magazine's mascot was Zelda Van Gutters, a Lakeland Terrier dog who appeared throughout the magazine with sarcastic asides on the articles. She was also the star of the magazine's semi-regular photo comic strip "Ruffing It".

Other contributors included Dan Abdo, John Accurso, Bill Alger, Graham Annable, Ian Baker, Tom Bunk, Martin Cendreda, Greg Cook, Dave Cooper, Jordan Crane, Mark Crilley, Scott Cunningham, Vincent Deporter, Stephen DeStefano, Evan Dorkin, Brent Engstrom, Feggo (Felipe Galindo), Gary Fields, Emily Flake, Ellen Forney, Francho (Arnoldo Franchioni), Dave Fremont, Tom Gauld, Justin Green, Tim Hamilton, Charise Maricle Harper, Paul Karasik, John Kerschbaum, Jacob Lambert, Roger Langridge, Chris Lanier, Robert Leighton, Alec Longstreth, Jason Lutes, Pat Moriarity, Dan Moynihan, Nate Neal, Mark Newgarden, Travis Nichols, Lark Pien, Johnny Ryan, P.Shaw!, Karen Sneider, Israel Sanchez, Jason Shiga, R. Sikoryak, Jen Sorensen, Art Spiegelman, Jay Stephens, Wayno, Todd Webb, Drew Weing, Steve Weissman, Kurt Wolfgang, and Gahan Wilson.

In addition, Nickelodeon Magazine's Comic Book also featured comics from characters of the network's programming, which usually appeared just before a season premiere or special movie event for the property on the actual series. Among the Nicktoons that were featured in the Comic Book:

Nickelodeon Comics

Nickelodeon Comics, formally titled Nickelodeon Magazine Presents, was a series of one-shot special issues put out by Nickelodeon Magazine. Each issue tied in with comics. Nickelodeon Comics mainly contained comics, either newly made stories or two-page shorts reprinted from Nick Magazine, but also featured articles, puzzles, and poster inserts.

Other comics included:

Posters

Nickelodeon Magazine contained posters in every issue. They were often prank messages for the reader to hang on their bedroom door or elsewhere in their house.

UK version

The first UK issue of Nickelodeon Magazine.

A British version of the magazine was published from 16 February 2011 as a collaboration between Nickelodeon and D. C. Thomson & Co. It seems to have been discontinued in June 2012.

End of original run and revival

Viacom ended operations of the magazine in June 2009 due to economic conditions and the continual move of the network's content to their website.[2] The title continued to publish until the December/January 2010 issue, and the final issue featured an editorial from magazine SVP/Editorial Director Laura Galen thanking the magazine's readers. On February 5, 2015, Papercutz announced that they have worked a deal with Nickelodeon to revive the magazine. The new version was released in June 2015.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Larsen, Sven. "Nickelodeon and Papercutz Announce "First Look Deal"". Papercutz. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "SpongeBob's still a hit on the screen but a dud on the newsstand". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Larsen, Sven. "Nickelodeon and Papercutz Announce "First Look Deal"". Papercutz. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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