Magazine Sightings
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Homestar Runner and company have appeared and been referenced in quite a few magazines.
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SBC Skateboard
In an issue last year, Ryan Stutt said that he totally ripped off Strong Bad for a "Sick Of It All" review.
Pottery Barn Teen Catalog
In an issue of Pottery Barn Teen, there is a picture of a boys' room with a Strong Bad bumper sticker on the wall. The bumper sticker is one that can be bought in the Store.
Game-Now Magazine
Issue 12 of the now-defunct Game-Now magazine featured Homestar Runner as "Hot" in the "Hot or Not" section. (Scan)
Computer Source Magazine
The January 2004 issue of Seattle-area magazine Computer Source featured a group of people who had determined how many browser windows they could open to Homestarrunner.com before the computer crashed.
Wired Magazine
They Might Be Giants were interviewed and talked about Homestar Runner and the Experimental Film toon, among other things. Read it here. Wired Magazine has also featured a picture of the upcoming Homestar Runner RPG.
Entertainment Weekly
In 2003, Entertainment Weekly proclaimed The Brothers Chaps were the "It Web Cartoonists" as part of their annual "It List," which names off who they consider to be the most significant entertainers of the year. They asked Matt whether or not they would ever consider putting Strong Bad and Homestar on TV, to which he replied: "It's more punk rock if you do it yourself." This article also mentioned the upcoming DVDs.
Tucson Weekly
Tucson Weekly had an interview of They Might Be Giants in their August 19, 2004 issue that included information on their relationship with The Brothers Chaps. Of particular note was the corroboration that a special Experimental Film video was being made for MTV. However, a new development is that the current internet version "is getting played on MTV in England, so it is finding some legitimate video life."
Time Magazine
On June 30, 2003, Time Magazine ran a short article called "A Star Is Born - On The Web" which featured a picture of Homestar from Where's The Cheat?, and said he was part of a funny cartoon website, Homestarrunner.com. The article also mentions Strong Bad, and compares Homestar and his friends to a post-modern Peanuts gang. (preview of the article)
Muse Magazine
An article about dragons contained links to TROGDOR! and dragon.
Hyper
Hyper, an Australian electronics magazine, gave Homestar Runner the following mention in its special section: "Dear readers, please go to homestarrunner.com before I beat the everloving snot out of you. Sincerely, Hyper."
Discover Magazine
In the June 2005 issue of Discover, in the article "A double-blind, random, case-controlled, clinical, and thoroughly unscientific study of MIT nerds" (page 43), a full-page picture shows an MIT student named Amanda Seybold wearing a Trogdor T-shirt.
Game Informer
In one issue of Game Informer, during the review of the video game Baten Kaitos, it showed a picture of the blue-haired main character with the caption: "Ya gotta have blue hair!"
In another issue of Game Informer, in the review of Alien Hominid, it mentioned that the mood of the game was far more reminiscent of Homestar Runner than of Contra.
In yet another issue of Game Informer, in the review of Street Fighter, it said "Can I interest you in some light fighting, or maybe a challenge?"
Wonkavision
The independent music magazine Wonkavision featured a picture of Homestar on the cover, as well as an article inside with an interview with The Brothers Chaps and several characters, plus game reviews, levels of fandom, character summaries, and random bits of info about the site and the people behind it.
ReadyMade
The August/September 2005 issue of ReadyMade, a DIY magazine, features a picture of Trogdor scribbled onto a wall with crayon. The small article includes tips on removing crayon from one's wall. (Scan)
