Surviving Winter By Angie Minkin Art by Derek Knierim Published Issue 110, February 2023 Hungry time, knife-edge of grief. Listen to the ice. Surround night with candles and eat pomegranates, rubies enough to recall beauty. Recite poetry. Remember you have lived through long nights before. Touch the earth, it throbs. Even in the longest dark, […]
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Micro Cat By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 110, February 110 Best of Birdy, originally Published Issue 090, June 2021 Matt McCarthy lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC. His collage artwork contrasts domestic felines with various scenes and objects to create humorous surreal compositions. The utilization of existing cat images reinforces the timeless appeal of felines, and
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 110, February 2023 The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada, Translated by David Boyd (English version, 2020, Original, Japanese publication 2014) In under 100 pages, Hiroko Oyamada delivers a meticulously crafted, surreal novel highlighting the secret bits of our world hidden in plain sight. Asa is working as a temporary
Pink Frosting By Eric Joyner Published as the Centerfold of Issue 110, February 2023 I was born in San Mateo, a suburb of San Francisco. My childhood was fairly uneventful, doing the usual things most kids did, reading comics (mostly Mad, Creepy, Eerie and newspaper comic strips), playing sports, and going to school, as well
The Stars In Our Middle By Zac Dunn Published Issue 110, February 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 066, June 2019 We dreamed of Arabian nights And white lights so bright They stole the shine within us The never ending story was simply An allegory untold but Dead ass true Retold by rebel monks
Inefficiency Has Feelings Too By Jonny DeStefano Published Issue 110, February 2023 Jonny DeStefano is the co-owner and co-founder of Birdy Magazine. He is also the founder of the comedy activist space Deer Pile. His favorite color is red, he loves shark attacks, hockey and upright bass. Check out Jonny’s interview with Mark Mothersbaugh in case
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SharkBy Heather ReynoldsPublished Issue 110, February 2023Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 027
Reclamation By Gray Winsler Art by Caitlyn Grabenstein aka Cult.Class Published Issue 109, January 2023 Of all the ways humanity imagined its own demise, few predicted it would be at the hands of a plant known colloquially as knockweed. If there were any humans still alive today, they’d frankly be embarrassed. Getting offed by a
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Artifact 1 By Moon_Patrol Published as the Back Cover of Issue 109, January 2023 Moon Patrol is a Northern California-based artist. Taking themes including ’80s cartoons and video games, classic pulp illustrations, and comic book narratives, Moon Patrol remixes these many and varied cues using a collage technique he compares to “Kid Koala’s turntable albums,
Suckers By Erin Brookins Art by Nick Flook aka Flooko Published Issue 109, January 2023 “I had the dream about the spaceman and the giant squid again.” Peter shifted in his chair. It probably wasn’t the most helpful thing to be addressing in therapy. But then again maybe it was. Dr. Bowers raised her eyebrows