The Earl of Elm and The Countess of Conifer Written by Elisa Sargent Illustrated by Daniel Crosier | Colored by Kevin Waltz Published Issue December 2024, Birdy Magazine This is an excerpt for the upcoming children’s book, The Earl of Elm and The Countess of Conifer. The Earl of Elm and the Countess of Conifer […]
Three Eyed Snowman By Mallory Hart Published Issue 132, December 2024 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 096, December 2021 Mallory Hart is a professional artist and illustrator based out of Denver, Colorado. Inspired by the rustic, gritty, industrial side of the natural world, she renders a style that is both realistic and dark, with
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Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 132, December 2024 Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell (2024) “These things — everlasting flight, a self-galvanizing heart, a baby who learns names in the womb — sound like fables we tell children. But it’s only that the real world is so startling
Mythical Creaturologist Holiday Edition Art + Words by Iman Joy El Shami Published Issue 132, December 2024 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 072, December 2019 Wild Thing Though the book is undoubtedly magical, Spike Jonze’s film rendition is chock-full of beautiful visuals and music, and great actors and voice talents. Carol (an impulsive
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From The Postcard Diaries By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 132, December 2024 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 091, July 2021 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
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POSTCARDS FOR DEMOCRACY 2024: A Collective Post Art Demonstration By Mark Mothersbaugh & Beatie Wolfe Published Issue 131, November 2024 Legendary musician and composer Mark Mothersbaugh and acclaimed conceptual artist and musician Beatie Wolfe once again joined forces to reactivate Postcards For Democracy — their non-partisan, collective post art campaign in anticipation of the 2024 Presidential Election.
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CUJO AND THE DARTS By Zac Dunn Art by Selin Serhii Published Issue 131, November 2024 He stepped out of the van looking smug. She was not impressed. It had been a very dry spring and the boxes that were filled with DART-driven dreams were hungry to house the DENDROBATIDAE. LICK THE TOAD. The
Charybdis By Joel Tagert Art by Chris Austin Published Issue 131, November 2024 Chris walked in crimson, the goggles’ night vision painting the willow and aspen with a red and bloody brush. It was fall, the ground dry, and his steps would have been noisy but for the wind rasping the leaves, a wind that
Butterfly Jazz at The Cocoon Tonight By Godric Photo by Tommy Coyote Published Issue 131, November 2024 It was the Lion’s birthday round a table her picked flowers sat “plucked-too-soon!” a few spat Life Benders? ‘stuffing of tombs’ Where The Hard Things Spoil trouble feeds hiss-soil and whoever’s left for a time is panned, potted
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