Art by Jason White Published Issue 113, May 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 […]
THE HALF-ANCHOR, THE COLUMN By Benjamin Harnett By Ali Hoff Published Issue 113, May 2023 What they signify, no one seems to know. In the wreckage that is history in the broken-up, buried rooms, in this imperialist legacy, the hardened clay seals are left while the documents they closed rotted, dried, and flaked away. There
Last Day At Abbey Road Studios By Mark Mothersbaugh Published as the Centerfold of Issue 113, May 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally Published as the Front Cover of Issue 053, May 2018 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
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Published Issue 113, May 2023 You know what they say about a guy with big feet: He’s a terrifying ape-like cryptid featuring in cultural mythologies across the planet. And at least one of them — for reasons unknown — loves chilling out in Arkansas. The Fouke Monster aka The Swamp Stalker aka Lil’ Fouker busted
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Firing Fox By Noah Van Sciver Published Issue 113, May 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 009 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
Sketchbook Foster HomeBy Michael David KingPublished Issue 113, May 2023Best of Birdy Originally Published in Issue 035, November 2016 Michael David King is a third-generation visual designer and creative-type thriving at the intersection of commerce, culture and community. He lived in Denver since the ’90s, and relocated to Providence, RI. He was one of Birdy‘s
Published Issue 112, April 2023 You’re not even real. I hate it when you start talking like this. I can talk to a ghost however I want. The difference between a ghost and a person is that a ghost doesn’t talk back. Whereas I tell you when you’re acting like a dick. Which is exactly
Healthcarelessness and more By Herscho Duds Art by Jason White Published Issue 112, April 2023 Fortunately, modern medicine is increasingly based on Benjamin Franklin’s old familiar adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Now the health insurance companies also increasingly possess medical knowledge whereby worth nowadays mainly comes down to cheap.
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Tune In & Turn On: Terrapin Plants Local Roots In the Intersection Between Art & Cannabis By Peter Marcus Art by Curtis Bergesen aka Collage The World Published Issue 112, April 2023 Over 14 years serving as a Colorado-born cannabis company, Terrapin Care Station has committed to supporting our local arts and cultural scene. We
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Arachien By Gray Winsler Art by TJ Barnwell Published Issue 112, April 2023 I was numb when the doctor first told me I was pregnant. They were perhaps as shocked as I was. Contraceptives had become so effective, and exo-wombs so popular, that it’d been decades since they’d encountered an “organic” pregnancy. Those were typically