Magazine Semiotics

I have chosen this magazine cover because this magazine relates to genre I have chosen for music magazine.

The visual semiotics for this magazine cover are that the model Eminem has been related to the marvel comic character the punisher. Eminem has been shown to be wearing the punishers clothing and also his angle of gaze is shown to be looking straight at he reader and also the expression on Eminem’s face relates to the marvel comic character because Eminem looks angry and looks like he is on a rampage to kill. I think Eminem has been related to the comic character the punisher because this issue of XXL was made on the long awaited return of Eminem from his absence from music for a couple of years, and on his return he made a song which conquered the US and UK charts, Therefore this portraying Eminem as the punisher to other music that is in competition to him.

The semiotics that portray the words on the front cover show that the word 'Eminem' is in the colour yellow. This showing the word Eminem to stand out. Also the colour that has been used relates to the colour of the fire used in the picture on the front cover. The use of using the colour yellow for Eminem shows that Eminem is fire and therefore showing that he can’t be stopped because he is dangerous on the mic. Also the punisher is shown to be in the colour white, this showing that it is not as important as Eminem. This is also showing that Eminem is more deadly than the punisher as he has been portrayed on the front cover.