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. There, Fitzgibbon was joined by his editorial partner Fran Tirado, art director Zhang Qingyun and photo editor Ryker Allen as they worked together to develop and diversify the magazine's editorial voice and identity. Throughout its history, the magazine has been printed in Germany. As of July 2018, the magazine had printed and distributed ten issues. ''Hello Mr.'' and Fitzgibbon have been covered by ''

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'', as well as smaller publications including ''The Blot'', ''I Love Paper'', ''It's Nice That'', ''Melting Butter'', ''Posture'', and ''The Wild''. On July 12, 2018, Fitzgibbon announced that the magazine's tenth issue would be its last, closing after six years to move onto other projects.

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