Minuscule magazine, 16pp inc centrefold, colour

Overview

A tiny piece of titillation for discerning rodents.

Background

We live in an age where if you want to look at pictures of nakedness, you can do so at the blink of an eye. A few taps on your smartphone and there they are. The idea that you once had to go to the newsagent and furtively reach up to the top shelf to get a magazine full of said pictures has become so anachronistic that it’s almost quaint. Apart, of course, from the corrosive effects of pornography on society and individual mental health and so on. But still, you know what I mean.

Mouse Holes is meant for those who don’t have access to smartphones or high speed internet, in order for them to have access to high quality nudes. I’m talking about rodents, obviously. This tiny magazine is packed with explicit-yet-tasteful pictures of ravishing rodents. In addition, there’s the other things you would expect from a top quality magazine like this, including a centrefold, reader’s letters and adverts for premium-rate dirty chat lines.

There are certain challenges inherent in making magazines and they become more difficult as the publication gets smaller. These pages had large bleeds so that elements wouldn’t get lost in trimming and registration (making sure the fronts and backs of printed pages are aligned) was a bit of a bugger, too. It was a fiddly one.