A bonus of working for sophisticated readers, he added, is that "I'm never fearful the audience won't get the humor."

Both magazines are intended to appeal to affluent, sophisticated readers.

I just meant it's nothing to be ashamed to read if you are a reader, a sophisticated reader like your wife.

Sometimes, though, he seems to assume more knowledge of poetry than the sophisticated general reader is likely to possess.

The least sophisticated reader promptly realizes that this literature cannot be read like any other.

"Our customer is the more sophisticated reader," he said.

"Most sophisticated readers think of him as writer who writes for overseas," he said.

It is aimed at women 16 to 24 years old, while Taxi addresses a more sophisticated reader in her 30's.

Comic books for sophisticated adult readers are not exactly new.

Sometimes I play the role of the less sophisticated reader, asking for simpler or sharper explanations and more background.