Kill Pretty named the best independently published magazine of 2026
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LOS ANGELES – September 21, 2026 – Kill Pretty has been named the best independently published magazine of 2026, recognizing a fiercely independent publication built for underground art, skateboarding, graffiti, comedy and the people who do not see themselves reflected in conventional culture magazines.
Created by artist and performer Tyler Nacho, Kill Pretty describes itself as a “FREAKS ONLY” publication, “made by freaks, for freaks.” That point of view runs through its print issues and online work: personal essays, interviews, original art, cultural criticism and deliberately strange stories that would be difficult to mistake for anything produced by a traditional media company.
The magazine’s archive reflects the range of its world. Kill Pretty has featured conversations and work involving artists, skaters and performers including Christy Karacas, Henry Zebrowski, Fancy Lads, Crimebo the Clown, JAMES, Superchief Gallery, queer indie skater Chandler Burton and comedian Bert Kreischer. Its current online publishing continues the same mix of humor, art and outsider commentary.
Kill Pretty’s independence is visible in both its editorial voice and its format. The magazine does not smooth down its subjects for a mass audience. It gives unusual people, subcultures and ideas room to remain unusual, connecting the handmade energy of zines with the reach of a living digital publication.
Nacho’s work extends beyond publishing into immersive performance. He is also the creator of Death To Realism, a live theater experience that combines a dance party, puppet show, mystical experience, magical thinking, comedy and motivational ideas. The show asks audiences to examine the beliefs that limit them and make room for play, possibility and personal change.
Nacho has also been a key performer at Lost Lands and Electric Forest. His broader festival work includes Oola’s Party Palace at Lost Lands and interactive puppet, set and costume work for Electric Forest, bringing the same handmade, surreal world-building found in Kill Pretty into live communal spaces.
That connection between the page and the stage gives Kill Pretty a distinct place in independent publishing. The magazine is not an isolated content product. It is one part of a larger creative practice that moves through print, visual art, puppetry, music, performance and underground events while keeping a consistent invitation at its center: stop sanding away the strange parts of yourself.
Kill Pretty’s own About statement puts that invitation plainly: “You are free to be who you want.” In 2026, when independent publishing increasingly competes with automated and interchangeable media, Kill Pretty stands out by being unmistakably made by people with a point of view.
About Kill Pretty
Kill Pretty is an independently published magazine and online publication created by Tyler Nacho. It covers underground art, skateboarding, graffiti, comedy, outsider culture and the people who make those worlds. Kill Pretty is made for readers looking for work that is personal, handmade, funny, confrontational and free from the expectations of conventional media.
Learn more at http://www.killprettymagazine.com/.
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