Dream Guardian By Nick Flook aka Flooko Published Issue 122, February 2024 See the Nick’s live painting process of Dream Guardian on his Instagram. Nick Flook aka Flooko is “the O.G astronaut painter” and takes his fans on adventures through original acrylic paintings and animations. This Toronto-based artist specializes in surrealism, space-themed work and impressionistic […]
THE OWL OF WOODRUFF By Zac Dunn Published Issue 122, February 2024 The air is escaping through the vent So outside into the snow I went Looking for the old cold little boy who was once so brutally annoyed Gazing in the vacuum expanding endlessly Into sublime silence He would speak of another place Far
Creature On The Ridge By Peter Kornowski Published Issue 122, February 2024 Pete is a painter working primarily with acrylics to create imaginative story telling artwork. His paintings have been described “like being dropped off in the middle of a book.” Time and place are intentionally blurred leaving space for the viewers narrative. His paintings
Published Issue 122, February 2024 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 002, February 2014 My name is Harold and I’m a Miniature Werepoodle. I’m what you’d call a B-list monster. No one is scared of a man who, by the light of the waxing moon, turns into a black puffball. Really, the A-list monsters have
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Freedom of Choice Mutants By Rob Ginsberg (D.A.S.A.) Published in Issue 122, February 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 around. I
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Werewolf Radar: Stray Cat Smut By Nate Balding Published Issue 122, February 2024 Unaccepted as an archetype by a youthful Carl Jung trapped shivering within his dream-fevers, she rocks back and forth in the shadowy corners of aging homes on every block in America, surrounded by her feline companions. Her form is rooted as deeply
From The Postcard Diaries By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 122, February 2023 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 challenged and redefined musical and visual boundaries. Mothersbaugh co-founded influential rock group DEVO,
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Jonny DeStefano and Krysti Joméi met in Capitol Hill, Denver in 2013 where they ran their donation-based comedy / music / activist venue, Deer Pile. With a shared love for tangible art forms, a background in community radio and independent magazines, and a deep-rooted comedy and punk rock spirit, Jonny and Krysti set off to
The Exile of Ballastar By Gray Winsler Art by Nick Flook Published Issue 121, January 2024 Some days I wish they had killed me, rather than banish me to this desolate, snake infested rock. But the cowards don’t have the courage to commit such an act. They’d rather me languish here for an eternity than
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The Okhotsk Trade By Joel Tagert Art by Peter Kornowski Published Issue 121, January 2024 The Zvezda Morey had cannon, guns, steel. The deep-dwellers had needle teeth, claws on their webbed hands and feet, and countless numbers. They were hatched by the thousands in the darkness, voracious in their legions, contained only by the availability
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