Zorro - my first production ever!

November 5th, 2008
Zorro - my first production ever!

So this is, as far as I have found, the first ever design/production I have made. I was 7 years old, drew a magazine and walked around the block selling it. I sold it for 25 swedish öre a copy. I’m not that impressed with the graphics/design/typography but I’m quite impressed with the content; crossword puzzles, competitions, jokes, comic strips, recipes and even a secret-dingbat-language that I made up.

I remember me and my dad photocopying it at his work. And after stapling it together he asked me “What’s the first thing you do after finishing a magazine?” and hopefully I answered something really visionary (but more likely “Öööhhhhh?”). So he said “Check that the pages are in order”.

I also remember one person buying it asked me what I would do with the money, and surprisingly I came up with a brilliant answer; “Buy more paper for the next issue” while in the back of my head I went “Candy, sucker!”