Published Issue 083, November 2020 Henry Rollins is one of the most enduring and distinctive voices of American alternative culture. Since securing his status as a punk rock icon — first as the frontman of the seminal Los Angeles group Black Flag and later with his own Rollins Band — Henry hasn’t stopped. As a […]
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THE END OF STASIS By Joel Tagert Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 083, November 2020 “What has been will be again,” intoned Preserver Lyons, “what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Forever and ever, amen.” He raised a hand to the great crowd of faithful in
DON’T PANCE By Dave Danzara Published Issue 083, November 2020 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 and music. Graphic design and digital
YEARNING By Mustafa Sherpidin Published Issue 083, November 2020 Mustafa is a Norway-based game and 3D environment artist. He specializes in vaporwave, chillwave, synthwave, retrowave and cyberpunk digital illustrations and designs.
Hot Summer Getaways By Morgan Heslin Published Issue 083, November 2020 Morgan is an illustrator based in Denver. She has a B.F.A. in Illustration with a minor in Dramatic Writing from the Savannah College of Art & Design. She can be reached at morgan.heslin@gmail.com You can view more of her work (or even just send
FRED’S NEW RAVENOUS INTEREST By Jonny DeStefano Art By Kristen Michael By Best of Birdy Issue 027, March 2016 As Greg Sampson awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself in his bed transformed into an enormous peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He was lying on his soft, bready back and when he lifted
MY EXISTENTIAL DOCTOR HERB, PART XV By Brian Polk Art by Jack Estenssoro Published Issue 083, November 2020 I have a lot to discuss with my existential doctor Herb this month, because I realized something big — a breakthrough of sorts. Of course, I’ve had breakthroughs before. Some of them linger in my mind for
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COLLECTED EVIDENCE By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 83, November 2020 Mark Mothersbaugh is a Conceptualist. As an undergraduate art student at Kent State University, Mark began creating work in the late 60’s and has created tens of thousands of works to the current day in various mediums including, rubber stamp designs, mail art, decals, prints, ink illustrations, oil
WASHINGTON LOOKS TO THE FUTURE By Curtis Bergesen Published Issue 083, November 2020 Curtis Bergesen — aka Collage The World — was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Bethesda, MD. He is a vegetarian, only child, Eagle Scout and nature lover. Curtis has spent much of his adult life working in the music
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Your Drugs By Jonathon Prestidge Published Issue 083, November 2020 Best of Birdy Issue 032, August 2016 I have been producing collage art since around early 1993, when I first picked up a copy of Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death by San Francisco punk artists, the Dead Kennedys and opened up the A4