# "Where" Magazine, uh, I think y'all need to fire your art department **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511 "2012-09-03T03:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/1 "2012-09-03T03:08:26Z")
[“Where”](http://www.wheretraveler.com/classic/index.html) is an innocuous travel magazine - The kind of thing you expect to find in hotel lobbies. But I can’t help but think that somebody in the art department has an ax to grind or something . [This](http://www.bimmerboost.com/images/imported/2012/09/553703_381722875229525_674482624_n-1.jpg) is an image of two of the recent covers. I think it’s hilarious that no one at the magazine stopped to say “uh, fellas, about the cover…” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/2 "2012-09-03T03:18:52Z")
Took me a minute, but it was worth it… ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/3 "2012-09-03T03:21:07Z")
Too funny! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/4 "2012-09-03T04:05:08Z")
_SFX magazine_ sometimes does this [deliberately](http://www.tvonprint.com/scart/images/sfx182.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/5 "2012-09-03T04:09:52Z")
😃 Probably disappointed a few lonely travelers when they realized the magazine wasn’t what they’d hoped… ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/6 "2012-09-03T04:35:52Z")
makes the mag higher priced. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/7 "2012-09-03T04:35:57Z")
No way in hell did that not get noticed. No way in hell. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/8 "2012-09-03T04:38:49Z")
Hey, you’re traveling to an exotic location, you’re going to want to sample some local pleasures. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/9 "2012-09-03T05:16:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > _SFX magazine_ sometimes does this [deliberately](http://www.tvonprint.com/scart/images/sfx182.jpg). I almost had mine confiscated once when I was getting back to the army barracks, despite the cover picture being decidedly unsexy. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/10 "2012-09-03T05:28:28Z")
The best part is I read it as “Orange County Wh\*re”. Regional! ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/11 "2012-09-03T05:34:28Z")
The best part is I read it as “Orange County Wh\*re”. Sounds like one of those cheap, free swingers mags you find near bus stops. So I’ve heard… ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/12 "2012-09-03T05:38:33Z")
Double post. I haven’t been this embarrassed since that one time at the bus stop. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/13 "2012-09-03T13:44:13Z")
I know this isn’t what you’re talking about, but for the image on the left, I’m having a hard time telling if those round portal things behind her are anything but washing machines at a laundromat. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/14 "2012-09-03T13:55:24Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I know this isn’t what you’re talking about, but for the image on the left, I’m having a hard time telling if those round portal things behind her are anything but washing machines at a laundromat. They’re wine casks. Hoes love wine. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/15 "2012-09-03T14:08:49Z")
Completely didn’t notice that. I thought you were talking about the odd photo angles/ photoshop on the covers: the first one makes the model look like she has a single giant boob in the center of the chest, and the second girl appears to be missing an arm. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/16 "2012-09-03T14:14:55Z")
There is a traffic safety slogan round my neck of the woods - “If you drink and drive, you’re a bloody idiot.” This could be shortened on placards to something like this: DRINK DRIVE BLOODY IDIOT So I was most amused one evening to spot a worthy politician spouting off about somethingorother in front of one of those signs, while the partly-obscured banner urged the viewer to: DRINK BLOOD ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/17 "2012-09-03T14:16:40Z")
actually it’s good artistic use of the space. it’s symmetrical. features the main subject of the cover, head isn’t chopped at the chin so it looks more realistic and larger. all this for only minimal intrusion into other elements of the cover. word has it they are also making a large section in the rear of the magazine for ‘personal’ ads. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-magazine-uh-i-think-yall-need-to-fire-your-art-department/633511/18 "2012-09-03T14:19:38Z")
Whore magazine? I thought they stopped making those back in the seventies…