Bizarre (magazine)

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Bizarre is a sister publication to Fortean Times. It has no connection to, and is much younger than, the 1946-1959 fetish publication Bizarre.

The magazine was launched as a bimonthly title by John Brown Publishing in February 1997 and was edited by Fiona Jerome. It was an immediate success and changed to monthly frequency a year after its launch. Circulation peaked at over 120,000 in 2000 but has declined somewhat since.

In 2000 the title was sold to I Feel Good, a company founded by former Loaded editor James Brown (no relation to the singer of the same name), for approximately £5million. When IFG collapsed, Bizarre was acquired by Dennis Publishing. Its current editor is Alex Godfrey.

The magazine has a wide variety of features including ones about unusual news events from around the world, drug usage and news, many different types of fetishistic and deviant behavior, interviews with famous counter-culture figures and showcases of cult directors, musicians and authors who the mainstream media would most likely stereotype as, well, bizarre.

The magazine's official website is http://www.bizarremag.com