Adbusters Magazine

Pros: Humorous but serious: opens even the most jaded of eyes.
Cons: Website repeats a lot of what's available in print version.

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ADBUSTERS is a fantastic magazine of cultural satire. It reads -- and feels -- like an art mag when you hold it in your hands. The pages are glossy and colorful; the spine is perfect bound. The design is as...

Pros: Interesting ideas
Cons: Irritating and doctrinaire

I'm not quite sure why I continue to buy "Adbusters". I often find it to be proselytizing and doctri ...

Pros: Excellent critiques and satire of cultural and commercial trends
Cons: Often unrealistic in its aims and methods, occasionally poor sense of humor (see review)

Adbusters is one of the most interesting publications on newsstands, though probably not the best. It contains four types of content: satirical parodies of major advertising campaigns, critical analyses of cultural and commercial trends,...

Pros: --none--
Cons: superficial, blatant propaganda

I've been following Adbusters since 1998, before anyone really knew or cared about it, when it was funny and satirical. When it might have accomplished something.

It's gone down hill ever since. Way down hill.

72% of the U.S....

Pros: Who knew about Pigeon Mcnuggets? EW!
Cons: Pricey, and only distributed quarterly!

Are you A Corporate Big-Wig? High Profile land developer? Advertising Executive? Do you like to relax on the couch, enjoy a few puffs on an imported Cohiba, a good read in the old Ducks Unlimited newsletter, or keep ahead of the competition by reading...

Pros: Fun to look at, easy to understand.
Cons: May cause you to hate your life.

As a newcomer to the wonder of Epinions, I found myself searching for some interesting negative reviews or products of a more unconventional sway. I found both in a teaser to a review of my favorite literary phenomena, Adbusters. The...

Pros: refreshing, alternative to corporate media
Cons: only quarterly

Adbusters is a refreshing alternative to the corporate perspective of other news and political magazines. Newsweek and Time just don't cut it!

Adbusters takes on pressing issues, using powerful words and poignant images. You are struck by...

Pros: Exposes corporate lies for what they are.
Cons: Kind of singleminded.

For years, Adbusters has been devoted to exposing the lies and hypocrisy of commercial advertising and the social and cultural dynamics behind it. In addition to this magazine, their modus operandi involves the "fight fire with fire" approach...

Pros: Intelligent, creative, well-written
Cons: depressing!

I've found Adbusters to be an interesting collection of political satires as well as an American psychological profile, and an an exposure of the way the media rules everyone's life. The articles are insightful and well written, and the use of humor is...

Pros: Challenging, Intense. Unabashedly supports it's beliefs and causes.
Cons: Challenging, Intense. Unabashedly supports it's beliefs and causes.

Fallability Principal in full effect. If your always right, don't read Adbusters. If your willing to challenge your beliefs about culture, media, and everything you hold dear this is where it all comes together.

I started reading adbusters 4...

Pros: intelligent, visually well done
Cons: a little pricey, variable quality

I stumbled across an issue of Adbusters several months ago and was instantly taken with its message and presentation. Often when I seek a magazine I want something brief that I can read on the subway. However, it seems that brief almost always...

Pros: art, right on editorial content
Cons: satiric ads are lost on most people because a short attention span elicits only name brand recognition--most can backfire by being too subtle.

The category used to describe Adbusters, environment, is totally inadequate to describe this publication. It breathes much more for the discerning mind. It is at once a populist, decentralist, politically active document. Its art direction is more...

Pros: Great content and ads
Cons: Not enough distributing

This magazine was a true eye-opener for today's overwhelmed culture. The name caught my attention and the content sucked me in. Inside the magazines, the spoof ads are wonderful. The way they can make you realize that maybe America has been taken over by...

Pros: intelligent and provocative humor, slick and hip design
Cons: expensive cover price

It's a trippy magazine, at the cross-section of art, capitalism and humor; the articles are concise, yet comprehensive; it is most famous for spoofing ad campaigns (hence the title) by major corporate entities and has won awards, etc..

The...