Maxim
Stuff
FHM
Men's Health
GQ

Maxim is one of the best magazines I've come across in a long time. For those who only read the first few lines of each review before moving on, I'll sum up my comments by saying that it's the best magazine for guys in a long while, combining girls, investigative journalism, humor, advice, and useless trivia. It's a blast to read.
Simon McChester

Maxim has articles that tell you how to do things that you always wanted to know how to do. You want gadgets, well maxim has them all, even ones you can afford . Plus they have interviews with real men like Dennis Hopper, Jack Black, Billy Bob Thorten.
Gilberto Tarango

Their pictorials are great, the women are stunning. The stories and articles are very enjoyable, there is always something interesting to read, and the magazine is filled with facts. The content of this magazine is also outstanding, it's huge.
Angel Mariscal

Each and every page you look at in this magazine has one of three elements: sex, candor, and sport. More often than not, more than one element exists. Maxim magazine's topics are broad enough to appeal to every man (and even some women). Whether it's about better performance or earthquakes, Maxim's writers present all their material in ingeniously witty ways.
Michael Potters

No proper review of Maxim can go without mentioning the girls that grace it's pages each month. What's great about Maxim is that not only are all of the girls extremely beautiful, they are also up-and-coming personalities in their field, whether it be modeling, movies, or television. Stars like Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku, and Kristen Dunst have increased in popularity after the exposure generated by their Maxim photo-shoots. Maxim is definitely the magazine to read to see who will be Hollywood's next top star.
Dave Berry

The articles in Maxim may appear to be fluff compared to other magazines, but they're actually informative in all the right places. The reader just has to dig a little deeper (Maxim lets readers use their analytical skills!), and they'll find things that other publications would never say. Learn about the most daring prison escapes ever attempted, a briefcase that carries the codes for nuclear armaegeddon, and much more. Each issue also has a bunch of great monthly standbys: The jokes, the "caption this!" section, Hiroki's attempt at rating different products, and the lowdown on the newest things pouring out of the entertainment industry. Maxim has it all.
Doug Calcs

For all you literary scholars, Maxim's greatest asset is that it's a study in contrasts. Here is a magazine that pokes fun of the American way of life, yet has shown its true patriotism in the past few months. It gives readers advice on attracting women, though the underlying message is always to please the fairer sex. There are reviews and advertisements for gadgets and toys that would please both the sophisticated man and the coach potato slob. Every man has a side of him that wants to be suave and sophisticated, yet lazy and politically-incorrect, while remaining sensitive and with heart. Maxim balances the tone of its articles nicely, and caters to all three personalities very well. And who says males aren't complex creatures?
Todd Wilks

This magazine is full of interesting articles, funny jokes, fair and educated reviews, and useful/useless trivia. You can easily read it from cover to cover and stay amused the entire time. Sure, there are some scantily-clad women in it, but even as a straight female I can appreciate a beautiful woman's body. Maxim doesn't mind mixing seriousness with fun, which is something that women's magazines have yet to discover. People say that Cosmo is essentially the women's equivalent of Maxim, but it's humor level is nowhere near that of Maxim. It prints funny jokes, hilarious Beat-This-Captions (my favorite feature), and isn't afraid to superimpose a beanie atop President Bush's head. It goes where truly no magazine has before; it's fascinating. Until another magazine can have such a fun-loving, yet level-headed perspective on the world, Maxim will definitely be my favorite.
Terry Brooks

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Stuff is from the people who brought you Maxim it's about the same but it has a little more punch to it. One thing I like about "Stuff" is that it features articles written by the lovely Dawn on what women like.
Bill Walters

I never really got into magazines until I picked up a Stuff one day. It reminds me of a less naked Hustler/National Lampoon combo. After I subscribed I noticed that now and then they had these great articles about how to play devious pranks on people and that's what hooked me. Lots of little engaging tid-bits and anecdotes not to mention the scantly clad women & what young guys should be wearing. I love it.
TJ Malloy

The magazine is all about hilarity and while it accomplishes its goals quite well, along with providing insights to other aspects of male culture like hot girls, cool cars, and all the clothes and gadgets a guy could ever dream of.
Brad Cooks

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Something about FHM is just so much more clever than the rest. All I can say is, be sure to take a look at it. I've read Maxim and a couple others that are mildly interesting, but this is the first mag that I continually devour from cover to cover. I almost always pass it on to a writer friend of mine just because the writing style is so delicious, I will laugh out loud repeatedly while reading it.
Greg Mcfarlan

This is a great magazine containing great pictures of beautiful girls, useful everyday advice (from DIY to Health), gadgets, film and music reviews and stories from around the world.
Bill Nolan

It has real funny stories and weird pictures and fashion and is just a great read for both men and woman.
Lee Brass

The great thing about FHM is that it can be used as reference material and you'll find that you often turn back to a copy months or years after you've bought it.
Jim Chang

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I love the humor, wit and sarcasm of the editorial staff. Men's Health gives you straight-up nutritional advice. It gives us insight into fitness, love, nutrition, mental and physical health.
David Douglas

This is one of the few magazines that I can actually read from cover to cover; it has tips on how to fight off sickness (i.e. cold, flu, etc.), how to exercise. I've found out what I've been doing wrong in my workouts as a result, and how to please a woman.
Presley VanHorn

Never have I read a magazine for men with so much practical advice.
The articles on self-improvement don't just deal with exercise. They include style tips, dating and sex help and travel information along with other thought provoking articles on men's issues such as the effects
of disease and divorce.
Carlos Rojas

Worth every penny, month after month, year after year. The workout sections are detailed and offer a great way to change your routine with every issue. It also offers a good selection of advice jobs, relationships, fitness, diet, and sex.
Ted Washington

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there are so many positives about GQ that a subscription is not only recommended, it is almost required. First, and perhaps foremost, Alan Richman's food/restaurant columns. Second, Peter Bart (the once-deposed editor of Variety) writes a great Hollywood column. Third, GQ is far and away superior to its rivals, which I believe are Esquire and, somewhat surprisingly, Vanity Fair.
Aylee Husim

Fourth, the fashion features and celebrity interviews are beyond compare. Finally, GQ generally has one article a month that I would describe as investigative journalism, and these articles can't be missed. All in all, GQ is an essential for any magazine rack.
Wade L. Londenshire

I think a very few magazines can boast of getting better and better with the years. GQ is one of these exceptions. While most of the competitors insult you by presuming your attention span does not exceed 5-6 minutes the magazine presents you with the articles that are sometimes 6-7 pages long and very profound.
Britt McSheldon

Yeah, you get your hundreds pages of the latest fashion which is also a reason to buy the GQ but the glossiness can be found in many other places. The magazine talks to you in the voices of people you'd surely like to have as friends. There is no elitism, no showing off, no "entertaining" silliness. The authors' irony is endearing and mostly aimed at themselves. But do not get the impression it's small-scale. The magazine is very well-connected and you are guaranteed to get the interviews with and the profiles of all the celebrities you'd like to hear about. The persons which interest me no less are these common people you'll have no chance to meet reading the rest of the "men's magazines". The need to sell many sorts of fashionable merchandise and to form the yearning for a lot of expensive nonessential stuff is coped with somehow - the magazine had not lost the most precious gift - the gift of human speech.
Mark Kerrington

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This is the best mens mag I've ever read. It is definitely written by a man's man. Anti-PC, pro-MALENESS, this mag covers exercise, emotions, sex, relationships, and almost anything else with which men are concerned.
Bill Gallergher

Maximum content and well illustrated with great weight training programs and nutrition information.
Josh Bercer

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Esquire was the Men's Bible in the 60's and then it wasn't so good in the 1990's. Under the current editor, the journalism is more interesting, the humor on target and the fiction superb. The magazine has recently featured the lost fiction of Raymond Carver and regularly features the work of people like David Sedaris. For my money its a better value to GQ which can be real boring in certain issues. One recent GQ issue had a multiple page spread on slabs of beef.
Carl S. Sheldon

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Initially, I had doubts about Details. It wasn't so much that I had a specific complaint about Details, but rather I had held a mostly negative view of fashion magazines in general, which I view ideologically as "commercial" and lacking "meaning." Yeah, I know it sounds foolish now, but it seem to make sense to be at that time. However, after actually reading several issues of Details, I have become impressed with it. The writing in Details is cool, almost in an unhurried kind of way, but is also remarkably direct and to the point. One rarely finds reporting this good in other fashion magazines. Also of equal, or perhaps better, quality and sophistication is the fashion photography. Details features consistently excellent photos of the newest trends in men's fashion. But Details is not about any kind of men's clothing; while GQ's trademark is more bourgeois in orientation, Details features styles that appeal more to the person with a bohemian sense of fashion. The album, movie, book reviews - which was another aspect that I was immensely impressed with - also feature items that are mostly along the lines of bohemian taste. Overall Details is an excellent magazine, perhaps the best of its kind, and I recommend it without reservation.
Barry Murphy

If GQ Was Younger, Hipper, Edgier..., January 9, 2002
Reviewer: A magazine reader from Cross Roads America
. It would fall somewhere in between Details and Maxim. Details always had fashions from the edge with rock renegades, independent movie stars, rap artists, Hustler bunnies and super DJs and mixmasters as models. I remember when they had Samuel L and P Grier and them from "Jackie Brown" doing a spread. It isn't unusual for Details to be drenched in Street Versace, FUBU, Armani, Cardin, Bose, and Porsche. I was with them from the beginning and always liked the classic 'in-depth' reports from columnist Anka Radakovich and the great sound reviews. Details also keeps a reader on his toes because they stimulate the gray matter with reports of, for example, environmental concerns, War and the fight for better consumer safety. Overall, a good mag.
K. Mark Johnson

With a liberal point of view in politics, a focus on the male celebrities in entertainment and other fields, and fashion trends for young and mature generation, this magazine really stands out. To me, GQ is for those 40 or 50 something conservative men, who's fashion involves only with suits; Gear or Maxam and likes are for hip-hop generations, with women in their heads all the time. Details covers many aspects of life, is the chic magazine for modern men.
MJ Oliver

Details is best described as more intellectual than Maxim (and it's 20+ clones), but not as pretentious or materialistic as GQ and company. Excellent subject matter, the best writing of any entertainment magazine in publication, reliable critics, and fashion shoots that are actually interesting and have clothes even I would wear make it the most enjoyable and relevant mag around. Through and through, Details is THE magazine out today, and probably will be for a long time.
Joseph Watts

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I've been a subscriber since the inaugural issue. ESPN the Mag is the equivalent of Wired Magazine for sports - brilliant colors, edgy ads, spastic layout, and in depth articles, often with a forward-looking perspective or drill-down profile of a person, team, or issue.
John Rojas

My favorite features: the full-page Zoom pics near the front, the All News tidbits running along the bottom of the Jump pages, athlete profiles.
What needs work: Dan Patrick's interviews - he rarely has anyone interesting.
Kenny Hoang

But besides SI, this is the only non-business/non-tech mag I get and it keeps me in the know. On top of that, it's way cheap for the quality of articles and depth of content. A no-brainer for even the average sports fan (me). And a great Sunday morning read.
Steve Terrace

If you like the personalities on ESPN's Sportscenter, then this is for you! (If you're looking for serious just-the-facts sports, then check out S.I.) Every two weeks, ESPN has great articles and commentary. The magazine is extra-large in size, so you get some really cool looking full-page pictures. There are also many regular features (almost like "Scorecard" or "leadingOff" in S.I.) including the week's top ten and my personal favorite, Monologue. ESPN has done a great job putting together their own magazine.
Carlton Rogers

This magazine has some interesting articles as it tries to replicate the success of the popular Sportscenter tv program. Many of the articles are written by the same sportscasters from the show, with mixed results. If you enjoy Sportscenter and the ESPN's "Page 2" area on the website, you will probably like this magazine.
Todd Smith

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SI fills the role of recapping the major developments in the sports world, while adding a great mix of some feature articles (often athlete profiles or controversial issues), "hit-and-run" facts and figures, as well as the obligatory editorials. When I consider what I look forward to each week, it's actually not the wrap-ups of major sports events or some high profile story. It's the "little things.
Carlos Rojas

Yes, it's true. You'll read more about baseball, football and basketball than you will about swimming, golf, or extreme sports. But accept SI for what it is - a great way to stay current, go deeper than the daily sports page, and be entertained. The price offered here is cheaper than my own subscription - it's also cheaper than a cup of coffee and lasts longer. So if you are even half a sports fan, you should be treating yourself to a weekly SI.
Terry Brooks

SI has a lot of really good features week after week. There are always intense action pictures of all sports, not just the major ones. For those who love sports, this is one of the best ones around for interesting commentary and pictures in every issue. I enjoy the fascinating stories from off the field and how sports is a part of life.
Chris Sallister

Some of the best stories I've ever read have come out of SI (the BC college hoops scandal and the Greg Lemond comeback story are two that come to mind). if you care about sports and the stories behind the athletes, this is the mag to get.
Barry Murphy

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