Published Issue 125, May 2024 The irritating little bell went off again on Jerrick Blade’s watch. He jabbed at the screen without looking, even though he knew it would force him to hear the message before shutting off. “Warning, Jerrick Blade: Your Levi Supreme 101s will expire in a maximum of 80 thousand cycles. Please […]
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Mantis By Noah Van Sciver Published Issue 125, May 2024 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 030, June 2016 Noah Van Sciver is a multiple award-winning cartoonist who first came to comic readers’ attention with his Eisner-nominated comic book series Blammo. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Wired, The Believer, the Best
Meet Meow Wolf Denver’s Friendly Neighborhood Monster Maker! By Elise Trivers Published Issue 125, May 2024 Kate Major is the brilliant mind behind the otherworldly characters that roam Convergence and bring a memorable layer to the world-building within Meow Wolf Denver’s walls. A traveler might get business advice from Sleevie Nicks, pay rent to Gil
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The Outcast By Gray Winsler Art by Graham Franciose Published Issue 124, April 2024 Unforgivable. That’s what she had said. Her own mother. How could she? I saved her. Shut up, Liwen thought, chastising herself. This was not the time. She took a deep breath, trying to focus on the world around her. You cannot
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Published Issue 124, April 2024 A year has passed since the harrowing events that took place at the Colorado Festival of Horror (COFOH) with the enigmatic slasher, Killr™. A new mysterious figure emerges on the scene of this year’s cosplay convention adopting the grisly murderer’s persona. No one knows if it’s just another obsessive fan
Is It Just Me, Or Do You Ever Think About Things Like Licorice, Dying, World Domination, Beyond Both Bed & Bath And World Domination (Again)? By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 124, April 2024 If I Ever Open A Bar, I’m Going To Replace Eco-friendly Paper Straws With Red Vines That Were
SOLAR SIGNS by Beatie Wolfe x Aaron Rose Interview by Krysti Joméi Published Issue 124, April 2024 Multidisciplinary artists Beatie Wolfe and Aaron Rose present Solar Signs, an intermedia display of shadow poetry and sun prints. Solar-powered and made from only three ingredients: recycled letters, the sun, and time, the piece captures shadow words revealed
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Tea Garden By Eric Joyner Published as the Centerfold of Issue 124, April 2024 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
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Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 124, April 2024 Dust City Opera – Cold Hands EP This latest release from the Albuquerque-based band has a cinematic resonance in the lushly orchestrated music throughout its six tracks. Paul Hunton’s warmly expressive vocals, reminiscent of John Grant circa his tenure in The Czars, syncs perfectly
In my next life, let me be after Natasha Rao By BEE LB Published Issue 124, April 2024 a rabbit or a bunny, little body, big teeth. let me sink into something crisp and sweet, let me nibble with delight, let me gorge myself on the garden someone else has planted, has tended to, has
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