Converge Spreads

I have decided to layout an 'editor's comment' type thing to outline my rational for this brief. Sort of.

Below are some spreads from magazines to see how they arrange the 'editor's comment thing', contents, contributors, etc.

Astronomy Now has the editor's comment and contents on the same spread

Adbusters, as usual, is unconventional and just seems to have writers and artists

National Geographic Space has the contents on a seperate page to the editor's comment

Plastique has the contents (not shown), forward, and contributers all on separate spreads

Woman and Home - 2 pages of contents and one page of credits

Psychologies - 2 pages of contents and an editors comment on separate spreads

I decided to go with the contents and the editors comment, which I have called Prefix, on one spread: