Deek Magazine
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Deek is a bi-monthly magazine focused on "popular underculture" - life and interaction with culture outside the contemporary mainstream that may or may not be viewed as insurgent.
Originally developed as an online publication by Matt Stroud in 2001, Deek was founded in print in the fall of 2003 with the help of Nate Boguszewski and funded by a grant from the University of Pittsburgh. The content of the magazine, originally tied to the Pittsburgh region, shortly grew outward. In the spring of 2004 Stroud and Boguszewski severed ties with the University and launched Deek as an independent publication.
Deek has approached the traditional print magazine format in a rather unconventional manner. Opposed to the ideas of "issues," Deek produces "Incidents" (Rock and Roll, Sex, Detox, Poltics, Greed) and diverts from standard page layouts from time to time (The How-To, Self-Destruct, and Madness Incidents, respectively). While the Incidents are thematic from cover to cover in content and design, reviews of art, film, music and literature are also included. In relating to the readers, a younger audience well aware of post-post-modernism in art and literature, Deek uses aggressive stylized writing integrated with design consciousness to maintain a unique alternative to mainstream print media.
Deek content is described as "aggravated" and irreverant, with a somewhat liberal slant, but the editors maintain no official political alignment. Deek shares similarities with publications such as Adbusters, Vice, and to a lesser extent The Onion. Earlier issues were filled with reader submissions when the magazine had more of a journal structure. Deek has since turned to a core team of writers and freelancers to unify the overall flow of the magazine but still accepts and publishes reader submissions through its website.
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Core Staffers
Matt Stroud - Editor-in-ChiefNate Boguszewski - Creative Director
Jesse Hicks - Managing Editor
Houston McIntyre - Designer
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