Esquire Print Magazine

I love Esquire...classy, great articles (I even read the editor's column), humor, grooming and fashion advice.... all for $8 a year. I have gotten tips on shaving, hair products, bourbons, and restaurants, and I may drool after the $5000 Oxfords (you have to take them back to the store to get them shined, they're like a Silver Shadow), they remain a fantasy. The recent 80th anniversary edition was great, profiling 80 men (and boys) from age 1 to 80 years old. It is just some of the most intelligent writing out there. My wife thought it was a girlie magazine, until she read it. It does feature women, but they are also intelligent choices, not picked for their mammarian assets. In a world of sound bytes and purposeful minimized information and sensational (inaccurate) headlines, Esquire is the Walter Cronkite of the magazine world.

Not to be confused with or classified amongst such boyish rags as GQ, Esquire magazine is the broadest sweeping ode to the American man we have in periodical print. In no other magazine will you find the compendium of practical information, raw investigative journalism, summation of one(usually prolific) man's life lessons (See 'What I've Learned- every issue ever), a great work of short fiction, thoughts on life, money sex, work, kids, politics, etc... and even what one might wear if one was a narrower, Ryan what's-his-face type fellow instead of a 5'7 275lb man-bear. It's hard to cram into a short review what they cram into an issue of Esquire and even harder to explain how others just fall short, but for my money, if you had to subscribe to just one, this is it.

I was skeptical about setting up an auto-renewal but the price was right. I was given adequate notice when the auto-renewal was coming and my husband reads the magazine regularly, so we chose to renew. We continue to receive the magazine and did not have any gap during our renewal.The magazine itself is well-written, contains lots of interesting and, frankly, fun information for the modern man.

The attempts to appeal to the younger guys haven't hurt it at all. The venerable "What I've Learned" section and "Man At His Best" alone are worth the subscription. In the March 2013 issue, the article "The Man Who Shot Osama bin Laden" Is a "must-read". It is the true account of the mission and it corrects erroneous errors in the movie "Zero Dark Thirty". You won't find articles like this anywhere else. It's like "Rolling Stone without the bias. True-Life stories, new fiction from popular authors and great reviews on food and drink make it worthwhile. Though I would never buy an $8000 suit, at least I know what one looks like! The fashion tips are the Best!

As a photographer in study... I figured the best way to learn posing for men besides posing would be to study popular magazines... and this is a good magazine.. As I study the poses I find that there are some interesting articles I find myself reading.You will be surprised what you learn.

I've been a regular reader of Esquire for just about 15 years. I'll probably be a reader for another 15. No other men's magazine compares: "GQ" might be twice as thick-full of ads, maybe an interesting article once in a while. "Men's Vogue" just doesn't have any personality that I can determine, where "Esquire" has a very definitive voice, full of character. "Details" is a whole lot of nothing-Maybe a page or two on something that might be interesting if it were developed. I'll not even mention "Maxim". Esquire's got, and has had, the most interesting writers. I consistently read it cover to cover.

I was one of the suckers who couldn't pass up a good deal. Five bucks for a year worth of Esquire, that could never seem wrong...right? Save yourself the trouble and do not waste your money. Ther is absolutely zero content in this magazine anymore. It is just one giant advertisement for stuff we will never be able to afford. I went 26 pages deep into the last issue(right before I canceled) before I saw any content. Sadly, they had "Mack" McCulkin on the cover and then did a whopping 3-page interview(in giant font print) with absolutely no real insight. Its as if all their writers are just basement dweller bloggers who hate their parents. Regardless, the magazine is trash and I canceled my subscription because of that. Just an overall disappointment with poor writing and really crappy content. And the worst part is that the content that is there, it is useless. What happened to this once great rag?

I loved the article "The Shooter" and their recent "Most Famous Men in the World" in-depth celebrity profiles which had new and actually interesting information on Leo, Brad and Matt! I also enjoy their cooking, clothing, and general advice; its kinda like an intelligent Maxim with less naked ladies (slight bummer since I'm a bi woman). I try to get my husband to read it but he's more interested in Maxim haha. I subscribe to a lot of mags but this one has hands down the best writing lb for lb, even beating out Vanity "almost too vain" Fair :)