Pinups is a New York-based gay ‘zine that features photography centerfolds of different men every issue. The pages pull out to form a large life size poster.
Queerty interviewed Christopher Shulz, the photographer who began Pinups, about the history of the magazine and the unique format. The beginnings sound a lot like the early days of Q Mag (i.e. Xerox printing, no money, and stapling issues together).
SCHULZ: When I started, I knew nothing about printing or how to lay out the pages. It took me a year to experiment with the format and contact printers before I put out the first issue. Originally I intended on printing it on newsprint and have it come apart much like a newspaper. I got nowhere with printers, and was so frustrated that I hit a point where I realized that if I don’t print it the old fashion “‘zine” way (Xerox) then it would never happen. The first year I printed the magazines using a Xerox printer. The magazine is now printed on an offset press.
Pinups Issue #8 has its official launch on Sat, Jan. 24 at Printed Matter, NYC from 5-7pm with an after party at Nowhere Bar, NYC at 10pm.
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