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Young Katherine Johnson
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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...
Psychotic
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Science
Jacques Mathis tells his own story—of a megalomaniacal man stuck in a body too small for his ideas. His childhood, spent in a dreary little town in Lorraine, came to a brutal end at the age of fourteen after he suffered his first episode of psychosis. Since that day, between repeated visits to psychiatric wards, Mathis had to find some way to carve out as much of a normal life as possible. With...
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,...
Barfly Magazine (PDX)
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Friendship
Humor
Leading Ladies
Music
Mystery
Political
Miss Jen Lane and friends/staff published BARFLY for over two decades.
BARFLY was a CD shaped guide to bars in Portland that easily fit in your pocket.
Peril Press is working on digitally reprinting the issues of the much-loved zine. Now with more color.
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...
#ProtectTheFuture: NATO's First Graphic Novel
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Computers
Friendship
Military
Political
Science
A one-of-a-kind graphic novel collaboration between NATO and artists from six nations. Created by team of talented young international artists, the work examines some of the issues we face and explores how we can #ProtectTheFuture.
Each chapter tackles one of the seven themes, which young people have identified as most important to protect their future: climate change; disinformation; women...
A Treasury Of Victorian Murder
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Mature
Monsters
Murder
Psychological
An engrossing, illustrated journey into true crime classics of the Victorian era, by Rick Geary's increasingly storied treasuries of murder—Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, The Fatal Bullet, and many more. These carefully researched presentations of true crime stories include a bibliography of research sources, presenting true facts about famous murders in an entertaining fashion.
Salmonella Smorgasbord
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Mature
Monsters
Occult
Supernatural
A compilation of comics, art and graphics by the cartoonist Mark Stafford,
collecting his small press books, magazine strips, anthology contributions
and previously unpublished works under two covers for the first time.
Salmonella Smorgasbord will also contain a hefty selection of Mark’s illustration work, as well as theatre posters, record covers, beer labels and t-shirt designs, cartoons,...
Walking Distance
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Modern
Walking Distance is Lizzy Stewart's poignant and contemporary illustrated essay on the experience of being a woman out walking. Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, Lizzy examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by family and friends and by herself.
Not Angry Enough
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
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...
Harvest Spice Recipes (Cookbook)
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Cooking
What’s in you autumn recipe repertoire? Escape from the mundane with Harvest Spice Recipes’ take on three classic autumn time ingredients pumpkins, apples, and cranberries. Featuring traditional recipes and fusions of Spanish and Asian ingredients and treats given an America harvest time make over; with recipes for the beginner to intermediate cook your autumn time entertaining will never...
