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Betrayal of the Mind: The Surreal Life of Unica Zürn
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Leading Ladies
A childhood devastated by rape, the absence of an idealized father, a morally strict mother, and a passion for art shaped Unica Zürn. One of the only prominent female figures of the Surrealist movement, Zürn was tormented by inner demons that she shared through her automatic drawings and anagram poems. She longed for and rejected intimacy at once, seeking her so-called Man of Jasmine, an...
The Golden Voice
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Music
There is a saying in Cambodia: Music is the soul of a nation. Perhaps no one embodied that spirit more than Ros Serey Sothea, a young woman who would forever change the landscape of Cambodian music as the Queen with the Golden Voice. From a humble rice farmer to nationally recognized singer, Sothea’s success captured the hearts of the Khmer people. As the Cambodian civil war raged, her career...
Work of Art in the Age of Image Generative Reproduction
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Mature
Political
Conversations around AI are messy.
Observations about Large Language Models morph into observations about Image Generators.
Aesthetic critiques against AI art get twisted into ethical concerns about the technology.
Machine learning computer science, metaphysics, law, and art criticism all merge into one discourse demogorgon.
This graphic novel only looks at one thin strand of that discourse,...
Kiss: The End
» Comic » Non-Fiction
Music
What lies beyond our world? Is there a heaven? Is there a hell? When a young man finds himself on the wrong side of life, he encounters Death itself and is set on a quest to seek out his errant demon offspring in an attempt to make his way back to the world of the living! But there is much peril on the way and the only ones who can help him are KISS!
Rikers Island ( YARD HEAT )
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Fighting
Gangs
Humor
Interactive Roleplay Crime Fiction | The Creator of Rikers Island Comics — a visual crime saga built from NYC roleplay storytelling, blending prison politics, street betrayal, gang wars, and dark humor into picture-only comic books, collectible lore, and immersive urban storytelling.
Alice On the Run: One Child's Journey Through the Rwandan Civil War
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Political
Gitarama, in the Southern Province of Rwanda, 1994. Five-year-old Alice enjoys a peaceful childhood with her parents and little sisters, but life as she knows it is about to change forever as the genocide of the Tutsis erupts, forcing her to escape her village with her family. It is on the hot roads of the Democratic Republic of Congo, known then as Zaire, that Alice grows up, bouncing from one...
River of Ink
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Modern
“Why do you draw?” A simple question by a young boy moves the author to travel with him down the River of Ink, which flows from the present day back to the very first illustration drawn by a human. Along the way, they visit legendary artists of the past and encounter personal tales that explore the philosophy of communication through drawing. Why do we draw? It’s a simple question with a...
Not Angry Enough
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Dystopian
Humor
Music
Organized Crime
Political
Psychological
Back for issue 8 of the zine about the Portland DIY music scene and related.
Cover by James Edward Clark
This time we start with the dust up between Manny Espindola and Bill Vockeroth of Angry Samoans. Also we couldn't be more disappointed with Save Ferris.
Berlin recounts her Bacon Wrestling days in the first three years of Bacon Cup.
Also in the issue: Andrew Loomis, Frank...
Young Katherine Johnson
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Leading Ladies
Science
Space
Katherine Johnson grew up to be the first Black woman to work at NASA, figuring out the path for spacecrafts to go around the Earth and land on the Moon! But before she set her sights on outer space, she was busy making the Earth's surface her laboratory! Equipped with a mind for math, nothing gets past Katherine: how did Noah manage to put 48,000 animals on his ark, not to mention all that...
Tung tung tung sahur vs smile
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Fighting
Humor
smile defeats queen alien. when its night, he goes to sleep. when Tung Tung Tung sahur comes to kill him.
Beethoven
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Music
Tell the French that there is still one man in Austria who is not subject to them, and that he does not bear any title!' 1806. The great Napoleonic conquests are underway and Austria is now occupied by French troops. One fateful night, while preparing to host a group of the occupying officers, von Lichnowsky requests—and then demands—Beethoven play for his guests to show “what remains of a...