flat plan for the front cover

When thinking about the formation of my front cover I realised I could go two ways, which ios either the 'less is more' approch, as this is a common idea for Q magazine's front covers. Or fill the front cover with lots of text and a very appealing and different image, basically a busy front cover with lots going on.
       As I am torn between the two, and I can't decide which would be more effective and appealing I have decided to create two seperate drafts of a front cover and gather some consumer feedback.
      So far I have created two flat plans for both front covers I intend to create. They can be seen below.

1. This is the flat plan for a simple yet effective front cover with the minimal amount of text, and a main photograph.

2. This is the second flat plan. which is for the front cover with a lot more going on, such as cover stories, pugs and photographs.