Mammal Magazine Issue Two by Various

Mammal Magazine Issue Two
By Various

Mammal magazine is silly—and that’s a compliment. It’s creative, funny, and sometimes creepy, managing to initiate a legitimate discussion around a given theme—in this second issue, machismo—without being stuffy or self-important. Mammal #2 looks polished, feels cohesive—which is impressive given that it’s a compilation, but less surprising when you learn that most of the Mammal men are old friends—and makes you feel like its creators really want you to enjoy reading it.

Fittingly for a magazine about machismo, the nine contributors are men—men with very distinct artistic styles. Everyone has a different take on masculinity: To name a few, Tom Forget offers two dramatic, retro vignettes inspired by 1920s ads and pin-ups and by film noir posters; Chris Hosmer contributes, among other things, a pseudo-“scientific” diorama breaking down the macho anatomy of Steve McQueen; and Benjamin Marra draws the trippy tales of a warrior named u-nonymous the unknowable, seemingly inspired by Norse mythology and video games.

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