Entangled By Eric Joyner Published as the Index of Issue 116, August 2023 I was born in San Mateo, a suburb of San Francisco. My childhood was fairly uneventful, doing the usual things most kids did, reading comics (mostly Mad, Creepy, Eerie and newspaper comic strips), playing sports, and going to school, as well as […]
Lost At Sea By Maggie Nerz Iribarne Art by Jason White Published in Issue 116, August 2023 Sadie had grown accustomed to small pleasures, short respites from grief. Waking each day at the first shafts of light through the window, she needed to rise and move, riding her bike along the Cornneck Road, the ocean over
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The Devolved Jaws By Rob Ginsberg (D.A.S.A.) Published as the Centerfold of Issue 116, August 2023 When man first walked on the moon I crawled out on planet Earth, where I decided to live my life. From the beginning I was out of sync with everything around me. The Cold War those was prevailing all
I Forgot What I Was Going To Say, So I Came Up With Something Else By Brian Polk Published Issue 116, August 2023 The Last Time I Cut My Finger, My First Thought Was To Use The Blood To Write A Note That Just Said, “YOU!” And Save It In A Folder In Case I
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By Moon_Patrol Published as the Back Cover of Issue 116, August 2023 Moon Patrol is a Northern California-based artist. Taking themes including 80s cartoons and video games, classic pulp illustrations, and comic book narratives, Moon Patrol remixes these many and varied cues using a collage technique he compares to “Kid Koala’s turntable albums, and in
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 116, August 2023 Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa J. Sevigny (2023) When Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter began planning their 1938 journey down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, only one other
From The Postcard Diaries By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 116, August 2023 These postcards are from a collection that was published in Myopia: Mark Mothersbaugh. Mark Mothersbaugh is one of this era’s most unique and prolific composers. Deeply aware of the ability of precise, multi-faceted artistic expression to deliver vital social commentary, he has perpetually
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An Interview w/ Kid Koala, Part 1 By Jonny DeStefano & Krysti Joméi Print Layout Design by Julianna Beckert Art by Kid Koala “Keep it weird, they’ll get it later.” — Kid Koala Montreal-based Kid Koala (Eric San) is a polyartist who isn’t afraid to try new things and take left turns. A world-renowned scratch
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Published Issue 115, July 2023 “Burn it,” said Kroth. “Kill the villagers.” I frowned. “You mean the soldiers.” “I mean all of them.” Cara was watching me closely, trident held loosely. Hunch and Hew, two of the bulbous, malformed ogres Kroth called his Children, were grinning. Hew swung his oversized cleaver around in an easy
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Consequences of The Grand Cosmic Accident (And Other Observations About Life In Dying Times) By Brian Polk Published Issue 115, July 2023 Aw Fuck, Looks Like My Least Favorite Customer Survived Covid After All We hadn’t seen Old Man Lifton since before the Great Lockdown, and absolutely no one at my job at the coffee
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