Here are some magazines of yesteryear.
Girl’s teenage magazines were in great demand during the seventies and eighties with titles such as Jackie (Dundee, UK), Blue Jeans (Dundee, UK), Patches (Dundee, UK), Oh Boy! (London, UK), My Guy (London, UK), Mates (London, UK), Photo-Love (London, UK), Fab 208 (London, UK), Fab Hits (London, UK), Heartbeat (London, UK), Girl (London, UK), OK! Age Tendre (France), Generation (Denmark), Quinze Ans (France), Anita (Netherlands), Blondie (Netherlands), Vi Tjejer (Sweden), Bravo (Germany), Mädchen (Germany), Teen Bag (USA), Tiger Beat (USA), Teen Life (USA), Co-ed (USA), 16 (USA), Teen Beat (USA) and many more… But few remain now.
I have illustrated in magazines, mostly across Europe and South Africa, but don’t have a record of all my illustrations sold by my agents, or even a list of the magazines they were sold to. For example, I know I sold many illustrations to a magazine called Generation in Denmark but I have yet to find a single copy or image of the magazine. Likewise with the name or names of magazines that my illustrations were sold to in South Africa.
Here are some colourful covers from teen magazines across the world…