Website: alarmistmagazine.co.uk
What is The Alarmist?
A literary magazine that’s a little bit better than the word magazine suggests, but we’re not yet pretentious enough to invent a new word. Bojicooty, maybe?
Why did you embark on this project?
Where else do you go with a friendship made on a 5-a-side football pitch?
Other than that, a strong tendency towards self-harm and the quest to find a way to do so which leaves only emotional scars.
How does The Alarmist look?
Like a sexy bad dream, with some tongue-in-cheek pomposity thrown in.
How does The Alarmist feel?
Like a velour tracksuit flung through a printing press. It apparently smells really nice too.
How does the Alarmist read?
Confusion, doubt, anger, coming round to the idea, eventual orgasm – in theory.
What is your highlight from the first edition?
We’re keen to break down the perceived barriers between good comedy writing and just good writing, so we were really happy to get the likes of Gerry Howell and Rob Auton submitting some top words. In general, though, we were most staggered by some of the stuff our designer Chris Tavoularis cracked out.
What would you change about your approach to the first edition?
We’ll definitely think about putting the name of the magazine somewhere on the front next time around…
Will there be a second edition?
Fuck yes.
Can you give any advice to people wanting to put out their own mag?
Be as wilfully naïve as us, but with a bit more savvy, and with less ability to use umlauts (we like to stand apart in this ability).
What’s the plan for the mag?
Eventually replacing organised religion, but initially, breaking even at the earliest point possible while remaining equally single-minded and blinkered in our really vague and unwritten philosophy of some sort.
Buy The Alarmist Magazine here: alarmistmagazine.co.uk
Artists featured in this post:
Gary from Leeds – @garyfromleeds – Website
Mansour Chow – @megapad
Alice Tams – Birds in Hats – @alicetams – Website
Andrew James Brown – Website