This is a Magazine. Compendium of Issues 5 to 9.

Previous pages: Disputed zones. Andy Simionato.

10 11

Open Karen ann Donnachie

12 13

Your
14 15

Eyes
16 17

The New Black. Futro.

18 19
20 21
22 23
24 25

Don’t be gay at prom. Clay Weiner.

26 27
28 29
30 31

I wanna be on tv, Photography Karen ann Donnachie

maybe have a talk show or something. Illustration Andy Simionato
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34 35
36 37
38 39
40 If the sun refused to shine. Antonio Riello. 41
42 43
44 45
46 47
48 49

Heroes. Alejandro Romero.

50 51
Shoot. Mirko Borsche.
54 55
56 57

Fashion = Pulp.
Fashion magazine as primary material. Karen ann Donnachie. Menswear publicity as crane.
58 59

Coiled sunglass publicity. Advertisement cone.

60 61

Perfume publicity as lantern.

62 63

Photographer’s apology:
I love magazines,
Shredded perfume publicity. Perfume publicity curled. that’s why i cut them.
64 65

Us/Them. Ogisu Masayuki.

66 67
68 69
70 71

Landed, they multiply. Risky Chic.

72 73
74 75
76 77

Waiting. Anthony Burrill.

78 79
80 Glass Ball #2 Azisaka Koji.
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84 85
86 87
88 89

Grow your hair. Kozyndan.

90 91

Imminence. Karen ann Donnachie.

92 93

Elvis loves you. Ana Zaja.

94 95
96 97

The money shot. Riccardo Boldorini.

98 99
100 101
102 103
104 Sangue d’un poète. Guilherme Pilla.
106
108

Constructivism. Blixie.
110 111
112 Fin du siècle. Lorenzo Petrantoni. 113
114 115
116 117

Ain’t no stopping. Boogie.

118 119
120 Resonance. Nicola Pecoraro. 121
122 123
124 125
126 127

The longdistance runner. Andy Simionato.

128 Fashion = Fiction. Photography. Karen ann Donnachie. 129
Synthetic analysis Illustration. Andy Simionato.
(experimental techniques
from theory to practice.)
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132 133
134 135
136 137
138 139

Camouflage. Antonio Riello.

140 They say it’s good but we can’t tell. Sfaustina. 141
142 143
144 Bleed. Karen ann Donnachie. 145
146 147
148 149
150 151
152 Pulp collection: 153
Renato Cazzaniga.
Engine System.
Soo. K. Kim.
Frederique Daubal.

Cut/Paste collection:
Mario Wagner.
We are shit collective.
LaPlakett collective.
Jeremy Pruitt.
Sarah Doyle.
Mirko Borsche.
154 155

Recipe Book. Renato Cazzaniga.

(Pre-colour branding - circa 1971) Photography Karen ann Donnachie.
156 157

Heaven, must be. Engine system.

158 159

Loser. Soo K. Kim.

Fashion = Pulp2. (Disputed zones). Frederique Daubal.
162 163

Feeling lucky. Mario Wagner.

164 165
166 167

We are shit. We are shit collective:

01. Blindsee.
02. UTLD (Universe the little dog)
03. Susie
 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Laplakett collective.

168 169

As stubborn as. Jeremy Pruitt.

170 171

Lyrical cru. Sarah Doyle.

172 173

Infomercials. Mirko Borsche. (See more iconographics throughout compendium.)

174 175

Rock machine. Mirko Borsche.

176 Doodle dumb collection: 177
Jon Burgerman.
Sune Ehlers.
Tucker Nichols (pink slip).
Supermundane.
Anne Kelly.

By the power of dumbskull. Jon Burgerman.

Five sparrows and a minivan. Sune Ehlers. 179
180 181
182 Bluetit. Supermundane. 183
184 185
186 187
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In chronological order:
Andy Simionato
andy@thisisamagazine.com
http://www.karenandy.com
Illustrator & Graphic Designer from
Australia. Works in Milan, Italy.
Cover, 1-8 (live print mix), 126-127,
disputed-space titles 22-23, 54-55,
110-111, 150-151, 180-181
Karen ann Donnachie
karen@thisisamagazine.com
http://www.karenandy.com
Photographer from Australia.
Works in Milan, Italy.
10-15, 30-39, 57-63, 90-91,
128-137, 144-149, 154-155
Futro Creative Service Unit
http://www.futro.co.uk
Illustrators from Belgrad.
Work in London, UK.
16-21, adhesive
Clay Weiner
weinerclay@hotmail.com
Illustrator, Brooklyn, USA.
24-29
Antonio Riello
antonioriello@tiscali.it
Sculptor, Milan, Italy.
40-47, 138-139
Alejandro Romero
chicle@zaino.com.mx
Illustrator, Mexico.
48-51
Mirko Borsche
Borsche.Mirko_FR@GUJ.DE
Designer, Munich, Germany.
52-53, 172-175,
(icons) 150, 152, 167, 176,
adhesive
Ogisu Masayuki
agent@cwc-i.com
Illustrator, Japan.
64-69
Contributors. Issues 5 through 9.
Fashion = Fiction.
Risky Chic Boogie
dalibor@kaos.hr http://www.artcoup.com
Illustrator, Croatia. Photographer from Belgrad.
70-75 Works in Brooklyn, USA.
116-119
Anthony Burrill (a.k.a. Bless the Artist)
anthony@friendchip.com Nicola Pecoraro
http://www.friendchip.com peco@insine.net
Illustrator, London, UK. Illustrator, from Italy.
76-79 Works in London, UK.
120-125
Azisaka Koji
iwashi@skynet.be Sfaustina
http://www.mach-factory.co.jp/iwashi http://www.sfaustina.com
Illustrator from Japan. Illustrator, San José, USA.
Works in Belgium. 140-143
80-87
Engine System
Kozyndan http://www.enginesystem.com
us@kozyndan.com Illustrator, San Francisco, USA.
http://www.kozyndan.com 156-157
Illustrators, Los Angeles, USA.
88-89 Soo Kyung Kim
soo@liquidpaper.net
Ana Zaja http://www.liquidpaper.net
petrak-zaja-studio@zg.tel.hr Illustrator from Korea.
Illustrator, Zagabria, Croatia. Works in New York, USA.
92-95 158-159
Riccardo Boldorini Frederique Daubal
riccardo.boldorini@tin.it frederique@daubal.com
Photographer, Milan, Italy. http://www.daubal.com
96-103 Designer from the Netherlands.
Works in Paris, France.
Guilherme Pilla 160-161, clothing <IF/THEN> 30-35
info@dimalta.com
Artist, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Mario Wagner
104-107 mario@reflektorium.de
Artist, Cologne, Germany.
Paul Clark (a.k.a. Blixie) 162-165
blixie@xebte.pair.com
http://www.blixie.com “We are Shit” collective:
Illustrator, Brooklyn, USA. UTLD, BlindSee, Susie
108-109 http://www.weareshit.com
Art collective, Franfurt, Germany.
Lorenzo Petrantoni 166-67, clothing <IF/THEN> 35-37
lpetrantoni@armandotesta.it
Graphic artist, Milan, Italy. Laplakett collective:
113-115 <the> Jack Usine, <quick> Jon Bobax,
<brown> La Wark, <fox> Blacklooz,
<jumps> B.shop, <over> Le Grems,
<lazy> Miss Goody, <dog> Euraled
Street artists, Bordeaux, France.
Top of pages 168-169
Jeremy Pruitt
jeremy@thinkmule.com
http://www.thinkmule.com
Designer/Illustrator, USA.
Bottom of pages 168-169
Sarah Doyle
http://www.purestarproducts.com
Designer, London, UK.
170-171
Jon Burgerman
http://www.jonburgerman.com
Illustrator, London, UK.
177
Sune Ehlers
http://www.duudle.dk
Illustrator, Copenhagen, Denmark.
178-179
Tucker Nichols
btnichols@mindspring.com
Artist, Mill Valley, USA.
envelope (pink slip)
Supermundane
http://www.supermundane.com
Illustrator, London, UK.
182-187
Anne Kelly
lidaswan@earthlink.net
Illustrator, Los Angeles, USA.
189-190
Karen S. Ingram
http://www.krening.com
Illustrator, Brooklyn, USA.
Inside cover wallpaper design
Machine
http://www.ourmachine.com
Design collective, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
(f)art adhesive
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Other artists featured in Reilly Brennan
This is a Magazine online issues 4-9: http://www.carmagnum.com
Jethro Marshall Louise Fowler
jjmarshall@btinternet.com louise@lou.demon.co.uk
Stina Persson Online Font Design by Sven Steuber
http://www.stinapersson.com www.vectorize.de
Daphne Chan Photographic Models:
daffychan@yahoo.com <Open, your, eyes> Elisabeth G @ Beatrice
<IF/THEN> Camila @ Look Now!,Anna @ Brave,
Kaori Ikeda Laura @ Fashion, Anna Een
http://www.fraisienne.com <Fashion = Fiction> Maria Bonner @ Look
Now!, Natalia Dotti
Peter Karpick <Bleed> Rachel Mains @ Beatrice
http://www.karpickdesign.com
Styling:
Pascal Nieto <IF/THEN> Luana Biondi @ Close-up
pascal.nieto@noos.fr <Fashion = Fiction> Simone Guidarelli
Shelley Krycer Grooming:
shelley_is_cool@hotmail.com <Open, your, eyes> Giorgia Pambianchi @
Closeup
Joseph DeLappe <IF/THEN> Gabriele Trezzi @ Closeup
http://digitalart.artsci.unr.edu/DELAPPE.html <Fashion = Fiction> Ornella Riverditi @
Freelancer
Adam Neate
adam@gluelondon.com Fashion designers:
<IF/THEN>
Lucas Price 30, 33, 34, 35 T-shirts Frederique Daubal,
j_f_sebastion@hotmail.com 30, 33 Kilt by Hussein Chalayan
35 Singlet by We are Shit
Mirko Ilic 36 Stenciled top by We are Shit,
http://www.mirkoilic.com Tulle skirt by J.Lindeberg
<Fashion = Fiction>
Grace Kelsey 129 Dress by Venera Arapu, boots by
gracepiphany@hotmail.com www.why.it, shoes by Angelo Frentzos
131, 133 dresses by Malcolm McInnes,
Claudio Parentela 132 Jacket by Alessandro de Benedetti
c_parentela@libero.it
Scanning and reproduction:
Deanne Cheuk <Can’t stop the music> & <The money shot>
neomuworld@aol.com Articrom Riproduzioni Fotolitografiche,
Usmate Velate (MI)
Stefan Sagmeister http://www.articrom.com
http://www.sagmeister.com
Technological support and hosting:
Flavio Bagioli Kindly supported by McLink S.p.A,
http://www.desorg.cl Rome, Italy.
http://www.mclink.it
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