RM Rhodes of heavymetalmagazine.wordpress.com fame, wrote an article on "The Uncertain Death of Heavy Metal Magazine" on Comicsbeat. I thought it was pretty good, it's pretty long and informative, there's some chronology, and some Opinions that I even agree with sometimes.
He brings up a good point, that there's been nothing "official" from anyone actually in Heavy Metal Magazine about the mag's demise, just the announcement from Massive that's they won't publish Vol 2. Besides the note about Mr Lees taking over in February (still up on HM's Igram), the only other thing I've seen was the bit about HM branded weed, which seems to still be on the market. (Getting a HM lighter or "rolling tray" with HM on it would be pretty cool, but I'm not likely to get to MA anytime soon.)
It's fun to speculate that the lack of "official" information hints at a possible re-birth being negotiated, but more likely it's due to the thorough degradation of the magazine as an institution and people keeping quiet to avoid being caught up in any legal fallout, or to avoid any accountability for its demise, that there's nothing left to be re-born. Again, fuck those guys.
But it's nice to read an article with some affection and some information on my departed favorite magazine, and RM Rhodes does it well. He's written quite a bit about my favorite magazine, and if the book he's talked about ever materializes I'd like to get a copy.
Until then, I'll enjoy looking through old mags and remembering, and finding new connections and threads through them, and concocting new things to write about on my puny blog. The blog's due for some updates too, updating links and info etc, I'll have to figure out what they will be.
