Back Cover: Birdy Collage By Kristie Stott Published in Issue 121, January 2024 Kristie Stott began her art journey in her youth, sketching out faces in her notebook and doodling on her papers in class. Art was always a prominent factor in her life. It was only in the past couple of years she […]
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Every Day It’s Getting A Little Easier To Admit Life Is Getting Much Harder By Brian Polk Art by Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 121, January 2024 Can Everyone In My Past Forget About All The Times I Acted Awkward? The Reason I Ask Is Because I’m Tired Of Thinking About It When I’m lying in
Nibbler By Rob Ginsberg (D.A.S.A.) Published in Issue 121, January 2023 Rob Ginsberg “de-volves” this iconic Futurama character by Matt Groening by having him sport the classic DEVO Energy Dome. Originals and prints of Nibbler are available. Shoot Rob a message on Instagram to learn more. When man first walked on the moon I crawled
The Story Behind The Whimsical Animal Cave aka Womb Room By Artist Jess Webb Interview by Leah Clancy Photos by Jess Bernstein Published in Issue 121, January 2024 They started as simple doodles: Two-dimensional drawings, flat, in a graphic, illustrative style, no shading. But there these animals were. So, she talked to them. And like
Luchador Masks By Hyein Lee Published in Issue 121, January 2024 Hyein Lee is an engineer turned illustrator and motion graphics designer. She gave up her big fat paycheque to pursue her dream; she is poor now, but somehow a lot happier. Her work is populated by lonesome, humble and friendly monsters which depict melancholy
Queen City Sounds: A Tribute to Shizuko “Suzie” Murphy By Tom Murphy Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Murphy and Tom Murphy Published Issue 121, January 2024 Normally the January Queen City Sounds column is dedicated to trends and assessments of the year prior. But 2023 brought me the most life-altering event of recent years when my
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Dino’s Comet By Arna Miller Published Issue 121, January 2024 When they got married, they were both a couple of maladjusted misfits. They are still maladjusted misfits, and they have loved every minute of it. 🦖❤🦖 This is a wedding anniversary commission. What an honor! ❤ The text my client chose is from the movie
Art by Jason White Published Issue 121, January 2024 Jason White is an artist living in the suburbs of Chicago. His favorite mediums are oil on canvas and pencil & ink drawings. When he was a kid he cried on the Bozo Show. His work varies from silly to serious and sometimes both. Check out
Mothra By Eric Joyner Published as the Centerfold of Issue 121, January 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 as
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 121, January 2024 Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez, Translated by Megan McDowell (2017) Mariana Enríquez’s first work translated into English from the Spanish arrived in 2017 in this collection of twelve haunting and gruesome stories set in Argentina. In the opening story, a middle-class