## News, notes & features

Official releases and selected stories about the people, objects, and ideas moving through TOMO mags.

## PRESS RELEASES

Official notes and announcements.

### TOMO mags and The Trust Project Launch the News Reading Club™

The News Reading Club™ is a program to exercise our brains and strengthen our communities, a bit like a running club.

[READ ARTICLE](/content/press/press-release-newsreadingclub/index.html)

## FEATURED COVERAGE

Stories and conversations featuring the TOMO mags community.

### A Vision In Blue: Talking with Vico Tadeo Puentes, Founder of TOMO Mags

Alyssa Taylor Wendt talks with Vico Tadeo Puentes about the journey that brought him to opening a magazine store in Austin, Texas.

[READ ARTICLE](https://glasstire.com/2026/04/12/a-vision-in-blue-talking-with-vico-tadeo-puentes-founder-of-tomo-mags/)

### Best Newsstand Keeping Independent Presses Printing

TOMO Mags received the Austin Chronicle’s Critics Pick for best newsstand keeping independent presses printing.

[READ ARTICLE](https://calendar.austinchronicle.com/best-of/2026/shopping-critics-picks/best-newsstand-keeping-independent-presses-printing-14117794)

### This Ultra-Cool Magazine and Art Book Shop Celebrates All Things Print

TOMO mags, an independent magazine and art book shop on Brazos Street, aims to change the city’s frenetic tempo.

[READ ARTICLE](https://www.austinmonthly.com/tomo-mags/)

### TOMO Mags: Austin Print Culture

A Tribeza feature on TOMO mags and Austin’s print culture.

[READ ARTICLE](https://tribeza.com/arts/tomo-mags-austin-print-culture/)

### Turning the Page on a Digital Pace

A Chronicle arts feature on TOMO mags and the appeal of a slower, print-centered pace.

[READ ARTICLE](https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/turning-the-page-on-a-digital-pace/)

### TOMO Mags Wants to Help You Slow Down

A Chronicle feature on TOMO mags and its approach to slowing down through print media.

[READ ARTICLE](https://www.austinchronicle.com/columns/in-the-pocket/tomo-mags-wants-to-help-you-slow-down/)

### TOMO Mags presents Joel Hernandez: “Mercado” opening reception

An event listing for TOMO Mags’ opening reception for Joel Hernandez’s “Mercado.”

[READ ARTICLE](https://houston.culturemap.com/eventdetail/tomo-mags-presents-opening-mercado-joel-hernandez/)

### Best of ATX 2026: Shopping & Style

TOMO mags received Editor's Choice for Best Shop in Austin

[READ ARTICLE](https://www.austinmonthly.com/best-of-atx-2026-shopping-style/)

###### mission

Magazines have and will always be the tools for the curious. We NURTURE a cultural space to explore, learn, and reconnect.