I once started a magazine called Cranked. I assembled a small group of friends and thanks to a favorable work environment we put out four issues of local cycling culture focused on Seattle and Portland. After three issues of cheap printing we bit the bullet and put out a large sum of money for issue number 4. Faced with a shrinking economy and the fact that our advertisers were as broke as we were, we decided to put it to rest. We had put out four action packed issues and I felt great with what we had done.
It was a short while later that two of us sold our interests to the last remaining member of the Cranked crew. He put out one more issue and then put it to bed, presumably due to the cost of producing a color magazine with a shoestring budget and small readership.
So four years later I’ve been looking through those old magazines, what I have left mind you, and thought that maybe, just maybe, someone might be interested in seeing what we once did. This was before Cog became the great publication that it is. We did it on our own, without the approval of management, behind closed doors, and on our own time. I’m very proud of what Cranked did for me, and I’m pretty sure the other two are as well.
Disclaimer: Cranked is no longer produced. It hasn’t been in print since 2006, so advertisers and content is way out of date. This is only for posterity. I did this.
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