Mesmerized By Eric Joyner Published as the Centerfold of Issue 117, September 2023 Mesmerized is an oil painting on wood | 11”x 14” (2010). 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 […]
More To The Story By Maggie Nerz Iribarne Art by Caitlyn Grabenstein aka Cult Class Published in Issue 117, September 2023 He’d never seen it, but Ken Colby heard about the house his entire life. In the early 1920s, his grandparents, Patrick and Lucy Colby, traveled upstate to create a summer home for their soon-to-be
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Searching for the Psychic Shop By Elise Trivers Photos by Nathan Hindman Published in Issue 117, September 2023 Syd and the Psychic Shop inside denver’s convergence station are a collaborative project from brilliant minds within and outside of Meow Wolf. Rumor has it there’s a psychic on C Street. The locals speak of them with
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Don’t Panic By Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published as the Back Cover of Issue 117, September 2023 Albuquerque-based Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in
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Gone Walking on a Cold September Mourning By Maggie D. Fedoro I want to know What the crow is on about. A gaping hole; my senses dull. But! How the flowers piled nicely. Hushed whispers: sure seems pricey. The air be still her voice; it’s shrill. The ground I kick is icy on
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Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 117, September 2023 Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2023) “I’m not dying here,” Thurwar repeated, the words summoning themselves. She continued to circle Bishop, backing farther away, gathering space to charge. Bishop followed her in a smooth pivot. “Then swing through, not at. And shave your fucking
FOREIGN OBJECT By Zac Dunn Art by John Van Horn Published Issue 117, September 2023 The trees did not speak as they passed through. The birds didn’t circle as the bugs had all risen from the boundless heather. The fat red fish would be waiting Pushing up stream with every delicious morsel Of muscle and
Early Journals & Postcard w/ A Special Message From Booji Boy By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 117, September 2023 Throughout his early journals, Mark Mothersbaugh explores themes of uniformity and the dehumanizing forces of modern society. The image above is from Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia — left to right, top to bottom: U.S. Blue Co. Field
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Night Tides By Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published Issue 117, September 2023 Albuquerque-based Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film
An Interview w/ Kid Koala, Part 1 By Jonny DeStefano & Krysti Joméi Print Layout Design by Julianna Beckert Art by Kid Koala Iconic turntablist Kid Koala is a polymathic talent who transforms his life experience into art that connects people across the globe. His newest project, Creatures of the Late Afternoon, is a 2-LP
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