Apologyis a new quarterly magazine of art, fiction, games, humor, essays, interviews, investigative journalism and photography. Founded and edited by former Vicemagazine editor-in-chief Jesse Pearson, Apologyis inspired in equal measure by the golden ages of The New Yorkerand Esquire; by 1980s punk zines like Sick Teenand RE/Search; by the Encyclopedia Britannicaand The People's Almanac; and by MADmagazine. This inaugural issue includes stories by and with Tim & Eric, Lesley Arfin, John Ashbery, Arthur Bradford, Bill Callahan, Frederick Exley, Johanna Fateman, Rivka Galchen, Christy Karacas, Paul Maliszewski, Sam McPheeters, Chelsea Peretti, Gwendoline Riley, Aurel Schmidt, Mattathias Schwartz, Ian Svenonius, Gus Visco, Jamieson Webster and more; plus photographs by Jimmy de Sana, Roe Ethridge, Jerry Hsu, Richard Kern, Ryan McGinley and Terry Richardson, among others. Jesse Pearsonwas the editor-in-chief of Vicemagazine for eight years (from 2002-2010). Prior to that, he was an editor at indexmagazine. He has curated art shows in New York, Melbourne and Tokyo; conceived, produced and directed numerous internet television series ( Soft Focus, Shot By Kern, Art Talk!, Americana); and edited numerous books (including Catholic: Cats; The Vice Photo Book; News, Nudity, and Nonsense: The Best of Vice). He is currently editing a survey of contemporary nude photography for PictureBox Books and a monograph of Jerry Hsu's photos for OhWow Books. Recently, he has been publishing his journalism in Playboyand GQand writing introductions for books such as Tim Barber's Untitled Photographsand Charles Willeford's Cockfighter.