Wait, Cockhandler is not a real magazine? Not even at Condé Nast? That unsavory publication, which ostensibly follows the fowl business of cockerel and hen farming, is one of five fake "undesirable" magazines [1] dreamed up by Ben Gough of Leo Burnett in London. He enlisted some creative types to mock up cute, clever covers—and apparently uses them to camouflage his copies of oft-stolen advertising trade journal Lürzer's Archive. Frankly, I'd think De-Worming World (billed as "No. 2 in the U.K. for de-worming"), Spreadsheet Enthusiast (it helps you "Know Your ASCII From your Elbow") and Doily News (best cover blurb: "How to Repair a Hole in Your Doily") would fly off desktops everywhere. There's a phony ad-trade magazine, Account Man Monthly, but with articles like "Why a Logo Can Always Be Bigger" and "How to Spot Creativity (and How to Kill It)," it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing. [2] Five more covers after the jump. Via Copyranter. [3]
