Both Q and NME magazines target music enthusiasts with eye-catching covers using bold fonts and capital letters to grab attention. While they share similarities like masthead placement and genre, Q displays a more organized and professional layout with cover lines evenly placed at top and bottom, compared to NME's messier left-side text placement.

1. Comparing Magazines:
Q & NME

2. Mast Head
Price/ Date/
Barcode
Cover Lines
Centre Image- Direct
mode of address
Layering/
Background
Main Cover line
Pull out quote.
Banner

4. Similarities
• Both of the magazines are the same genre and have the same target audience.
• Both magazine’s are eye-catching which could make them remembered and recognised by
the audience.
• Both mast heads are in the same place.
• The magazine feature similar fonts on the covers using bold and capital letters to capture the
audiences attention.
• Both main cover lines are in the same place.

5. Differences
• Q magazine looks more organised than NME. They both have a similar colour scheme but Q
magazine looks fuller and more professional, the layout is also more professional on Q
magazine.
• On Q the cover lines are on the top and bottom where as on NME they’re down the left side
• NME layout doesn’t look as professional as it could because the layout is messy.