Friday, August 09, 2013

I Was a Charter Subscriber to One of These

And it was neither Variety nor Tiger Beat.  Nor Playboy.

The Very First Issues of 19 Famous Magazines 

8 comments:

Jerry House said...

Harpers, then.

James Reasoner said...

I wasn't a subscriber, but I bought that first issue of PEOPLE off those wooden magazine racks at Fultz News Agency in Denton. I'm not sure, but that may have the last issue of PEOPLE I bought, as well.

Unknown said...

Well, it was SI. My parents gave it to me for my birthday.

Unknown said...

James, the Fultz News Agency was a wonderful place. I went in there at least once a week to buy paperbacks. It's the only place I remember that didn't rip off the covers of the paperbacks and send them back. They kept some intact for sale in the back of the place. I thought that was great.

James Reasoner said...

Yep, I bought many older paperbacks off those wire racks in the back of the store. I was in there at least once a week during the years I went to college in Denton.

Anonymous said...

Well, I knew it wasn't Time or Newsweek...


Jeff

Rick Robinson said...

I was a charter subscriber to WIRED, but dropped it after three years, though I picked up issues now and then.

Todd Mason said...

WIRED always was a bit of a disappointment...as MENTAL FLOSS has been. I recently saw a 1970s PEOPLE cover which highlighted the (free jazz pianist) Keith Jarrett profile within, which said to me Here's a magazine that hasn't found its footing (in the muck) yet.

Yes, Bill, you were begging for jokes about HARPER'S WEEKLY and THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY...