Cover History

In early years of magazines, they didn't have magazine covers, or what modern day people think a magazine cover should be. They were mostly a title and a table of contents. In later years covers were either drawn on or postered. Illustrators would draw huge posters to be framed and they would be printed on the cover of the magazine and the title usually didn't cover up the image which most of the time had nothing to do with the story inside. Later on poster covers were still being used but soon the magazine started using cover lines to draw in readers. They were have text in these cover lines appealing to the audience that would make the person want to pick it up. So now they were advertising stories on the outside of the magazine and not just relying on the poster cover alone to sell the magazine. Featured on modern day magazines are now photographs of the subjects that are tied to the magazines latest story, aswell and cover lines which are now essential parts of a magazine cover.