Published Issue 151, October 2026 Wisconsin-based artist Pete Kornowski creates narrative-driven acrylic paintings blending folklore, strange encounters, cryptid creatures and believable realism. His work drops viewers directly into the middle of an unfolding moment, leaving intentional gaps for the imagination to piece together what just happened or what’s about to occur. Though Sasquatch and UFOs […]
Published Issue 151, October 2026 Photos & Art of Rick Griffin courtesy of The Chambers Project In September of 2025, I received a text from my old friend Glen E. Friedman that read: “Yo Stacy, I’m gonna call you at 9 a.m., I got something VERY interesting for you, totally different w/ a good budget!
Published Issue 151, October 2026 Photos courtesy of Mike Shine Lennon had McCartney. Kerouac had Cassady. Bukowski had Cutty Sark. Me, I got The Shack. As muses go, it would turn out to be a strong one. I first met 14 Old Bolinas Road 23 years ago, when it was a plain, old, grey, run-of-the-mill
Howl By Gray Winsler Art by Brian Serway Published Issue 091, July 2021 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 091, July 2021 The fire crackles before me, more captivating than any screen. Beyond its light, only night, and the noises of things unseen. A playground for the imagination, And fright, its primary creation. But the
I’ll Be The One Asking The Questions Around Here! By Brian Polk Art by Chris Austin & Steven Ehret Published Issue 151, October 2026 You Know How A Lot Of Left-Leaning People Stopped Checking The News Because They Can’t Stand What’s Happening These Days? That’s Exactly Why I Stopped Checking My Bank Account. Much like the
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Gasbag By Joel Tagert Art by Moon Patrol Published Issue 151, October 2025 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 135, March 2025 Out of the poisoned wastes in the east he drifted like a decrepit dirigible, a gasbag so bilious and vile the earth though wounded repelled his pustulent flesh. Upon him clung the remains
Published Issue 150, July 2026 Some sightings stay with you. Joe Vaux is one of them. From directing the animated sitcom Family Guy to creating imaginative, creature-filled paintings from his California home studio, Joe’s work lives somewhere between the familiar and the fantastical. Equal parts keen observer and art-scientist, Joe has carved out a creative
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Published Issue 150, July 2026 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 104, August 2022 It’s the hottest day ever in LA, which is whack because it’s not even sunny out. Sky’s gray as a suit and the air smells like a trash fire. I take one look and say, “Foo, you got to get to
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It was just after 8 p.m. on a Tuesday night in the winter of 2023 when the phone rang. It was my friend Mike Shine calling out of the blue and telling me he was holed up at a grungy beach motel about a mile away. He asked if I would stop at the nearest
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BAD REPUTATIONBy Kaylie RivasArt: Cosmic Death Queen by Jaime ValderramaArt: Dog by Luke DiBona Published Issue 150, July 150 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 080, August 2020 I didn’t always used to be this way. You know … hated by everyone. In a way, all of this “evil” stuff has just given me a
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