I respect anyone who actually publishes and distributes (even semi successfully) anything in print. Anyone can put up a website, but getting a magazine to press and put on the stands is a whole different challenge.
I think Maarf has a point, and if he did that Kanye sig he clearly has skills. If you have the funding to go to press, it may be worth it to hire someone like him to do the best cover you can get. I recently came upon a Pacific Islander/Asian American ezine called DND. It had better design than a lot of print mags. Here's a sample from it:
