Oh Deer By Ali Hoff Published Issue 120, December 2023 The distant sound of earth shaking and trees falling got ever closer until through the thick morning fog enormous silhouettes appeared in the sky and In that moment I froze, as did they. Momentarily forgetting the predicament I found myself in I couldn’t help but […]
Random Plot Generator By Noah Van Sciver Published Issue 120, December 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 036, December 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,
Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 120, December 2023 Siena Goldman aka S. Putnik is a Los Angeles-based art director, archivist, artist and musician. See more on her Instagram. Check out S. Putnik’s November Birdy artwork or head to Explore section to see more of her work.
From The Postcard Diaries By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 120, December 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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Published Issue 119, November 2023 ATILLA was an ORCA. ORCA are not from a place so much as a zone. As life moves in a fluid context that is billions of atoms pushing against each other at unfathomable variants of pressure and magnitude. ATILLA was the spawn of CUJO and PHILOMENA. Both came from long
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Jailbreak By Joel Tagert Published Issue 119, November 2023 When Nao woke up from the operation Kasuga was there, sitting at her hospital bedside. The AI appeared as a kindly nurse of early middle age, holding Nao’s hand. “Hello, Nao. How do you feel?” Nao withdrew her hand, then held it up to the light
Joining Cults, Drinking Too Much & Other Things To Do While You’re Bored By Brian Polk Art by Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 119, November 2023 There Should Be More Cults Based Around Bowling Every time I go looking for cults to join, I never seem to find one that’s really into bowling. And that’s a
The Walking City By Jason Heller Published Issue 119, November 2023 Around Zelia the walls oozed. They clamped onto every side of her skinny frame like lips sucking a finger. When she lay perfectly still, she could feel a dull pulse run through the Gut’s smooth muscle. It was as though a dozen giant slugs
Art by Granmondo aka Ed Barger Published Issue 119, November 2023 Edward Martin Barger (Ed, Eddie), beloved dad, grandpa, brother, son, uncle, cousin, friend, artist and producer/sound engineer, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at his home in Akron, Ohio. Ed was born May 10, 1949, seven minutes after his beloved twin, Billy. The boys
Art by Jason White Published Issue 119, November 2023 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