Comparing the XXL magazine to the other magazines I chose which were "Kerrang!" and "NME" there are a few similarities to point out. To begin with the masthead for each magazine are layers behind the artists, also they are bold and manage to stand out in capitals so you can still which magazine it is clearly. Another similarity is the angle of gaze used by all of the artists which help appeal to the audience who want to buy magazines. The lay outs are all clear with subheadings and headings of what's going on in the magazine and it isn't scrambled about so it's well structured in general. They all consist of bar codes on the bottom of the page so it's clear for readers to know the price of the magazine and also the main use of colours include black and white as the main two then colours of their choice. They didn't over do the colours by using more than 3.
Differences:
The differences between the three magazines are the shots of the artists, with the Kerrang! magazine it mainly consists of bands with medium shots, however mainly with the NME or XXL it's medium close up shots of an artist. Also the Kerrang! has a masthead which goes from the left side of the front cover to the right so it stretches out, as for NME and XXL it's simply put into the top left corner of the front cover. The XXL mainly adds in page number on the sub headings on the front cover, as for NME and Kerrang! they just lay out the sub headings for the audience to know who's in the current issue which will eventually lead the audience into going to the contents page.
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