You can take my opinion with a little bias...
1) I am an artist who's work has appeared in Carrie Leigh's NUDE.
2) I have known Carrie and Her husband for a few years.
3) Though I do not "work" for them, I recently rebuilt their website.
4) I have my own blog for my work where I do a lot of praising of the magazine...
That said... If you can still at this point trust my artistic opinion...
Carrie Leigh's NUDE is a really beautifully put together magazine. It is a portable art show displaying the work of some really amazing photographers from around the world. It is not packed full of advertisements and filler article. The quality is art book printing, not magazine printing. The cover is not just a glossy paper stock like most magazines, it is a softcover book stock. And on a side note, just from personal experience trying to dismantle and issue so I could scan something for the website, the binding glue is
strong.
My father is a comic book artist and
publisher (Neal Adams). I showed him the first issue, his first response was "How much is this costing them?"
It is a really beautiful product from the work inside to the magazine itself. I have said often in my blogs that in my opinion, it is not a magazine, but a quarterly coffee table book. I am proud to have my work appear in it. I have not yet heard a complaint about it... (other than "They are all sold out!").
Have a preview:
http://www.carrieleigh.com/Nissues.html
Joel Adams (<--Still uses an ancient Pentax K1000)
PS Jim... You are absolutely right... On both counts.
New Figure magazine? 
Linear Mode
