NEW YORK — Dirty Magazine has announced its relaunch as a vintage-styled tabloid newspaper.
"Dirty's shift to a newsprint tabloid format was inspired by a couple of things,” said Dirty Magazine’s creative director, Miles Raymer. “One was publisher Ripley Soprano’s and my shared love for Screw Magazine and other sex newspapers from pre-gentrification New York City — that mixed eccentric porn with cultural criticism and maps of the best spots in the city to pick up hookers.
"Another is the radical underground press scene during the hippie days, which had a big presence downtown, that were often as visually and formally revolutionary as their politics,” Raymer added. "The bigger page area means bigger photos and a pull-out poster in each issue. We'll also be able to print a lot more, charge a lot less and hopefully get them in places like coffee shops where they're more accessible."
The seventh issue and official new format will launch March 22 with a party at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right, featuring performances by Valley Latini, hosted by MSCHF and Chris Smalls.
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