Hello Mr.
Cover of Issue 07 (April 2016)
Editor-in-ChiefRyan Fitzgibbon
FrequencySemiannual
FounderRyan Fitzgibbon
First issueMarch 2013; 10 years ago (2013-03)
Final issueJuly 2018; 5 years ago (2018-07)
CompanyHello Mr. Inc.
CountryUnited States
Based inBrooklyn, New York, New York
LanguageEnglish
Websitehellomrmag.com
ISSN2201-8220
OCLC829322335

Hello Mr., stylized as hello mr., was a semiannual American lifestyle magazine focused on topics of interest to gay men. The magazine described itself as being "about men who date men," though the magazine tackled both queer and queer-adjacent topics. Each issue, between 150 and 200 pages in length, featured fiction, personal essays, interviews, art, and photography and photo essays.

The magazine was founded by Ryan Fitzgibbon in 2012. Initial funding was provided by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which raised over $26,000.[1] The first issue was published in March 2013, at which time the magazine was based in Darlinghurst, Australia, a suburb of Sydney.[2] When the magazine's second issue was published in October 2013, the magazine had relocated to Brooklyn, New York. There, Fitzgibbon was joined by his editorial partner Fran Tirado, art director Zhang Qingyun and photo editor Ryker Allen as they worked together to develop and diversify the magazine's editorial voice and identity.[3] Throughout its history, the magazine has been printed in Germany. As of July 2018, the magazine had printed and distributed ten issues.[1]

Hello Mr. and Fitzgibbon have been covered by The Daily Beast,[4] GLAAD,[5] The Huffington Post,[6][7] Lambda Literary,[8] and OUT,[9] as well as smaller publications including The Blot,[10] I Love Paper,[11] It's Nice That,[12] Melting Butter,[13] Posture,[14] and The Wild.[15]

On July 12, 2018, Fitzgibbon announced that the magazine's tenth issue would be its last, closing after six years to move onto other projects.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Fitzgibbon, Ryan. "Hello Mr". Kickstarter. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Publication Information". Hello Mr. (1): 6. March 2013.
  3. ^ "Publication Information". Hello Mr. (2): 2. October 2013.
  4. ^ Jones, Justin (26 September 2014). "The Winning Gay Subtlety of 'Hello Mr.'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. ^ Pires, Claire (14 January 2015). "'Hello Mr.' editor says print journalism still matters". GLAAD. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  6. ^ Michelson, Noah (8 February 2016). "'Hello Mr.' Wants To Help You Say 'Hello Love' This Valentine's Day". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  7. ^ Nichols, JamesMichael (11 April 2015). "Hello Mr. Lands Perfume Genius' Mike Hadreas For The Cover Boy Of Its New Issue". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  8. ^ McDonald, James (13 October 2013). "A Magazine for Men Who Date Men: 'Hello Mr.'". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  9. ^ McDonald, James (25 August 2015). "Meet Hello Mr.'s New Coverboy". OUT. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  10. ^ Yonata (30 December 2013). "Hello Mr. Ryan Fitzgibbon: TheBlot Speaks with an Editorial Visionary". The Blot. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  11. ^ Filipe, Andreia. "Ryan Fitzgibbon from Hello Mr". I Love Paper. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  12. ^ Hawkins, Alexander. "A Closer Look at the Gay Magazine Going Against the Status Quo, Hello Mr". It's Nice That. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  13. ^ Velardi, Jonathan (18 November 2015). "The Editors: Ryan Fitzgibbon on Founding Hello Mr. & His Best of Brooklyn". Melting Butter. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  14. ^ Santa-Donato, Nick (25 September 2015). "Hello Mr: A Magazine about Men Who Date Men". Posture Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  15. ^ Perez Solano, Isaac. "Wild Profile: Hello Mr.'s Ryan Fitzgibbon". The Wild. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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