ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK By Dave Danzara Published Issue 080, August 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 […]
CAT REPAIR By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 080, August 2020 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 draws a common thread through a variety
MANY NOBLE NAMESBy Jason HellerArt by Luke StackpooleBest of Birdy: Story Originally Published Issue 009, August 2014 Blood was nothing new on that boulevard. Trails of it appeared on the sidewalks about once a month, shed we assumed by someone beaten or stabbed during the night. Sometimes the blood looked like rust. Other times it
BAD REPUTATIONBy Kaylie RivasArt: Cosmic Death Queen by Jaime ValderramaArt: Dog by Luke DiBonaPublished Issue 080, August 2020 I didn’t always used to be this way. You know … hated by everyone. In a way, all of this “evil” stuff has just given me a complex, really. It’s like you do one thing wrong and
A DIFFERENT KIND OF WITCHBy Joel TagertArt by Future Fantasy DelightPublished Issue 080, August 2020 Bokker spent the stakeout at Kilauea watching Jurassic World in a little window on his military-grade laptop, a thick, multi-cornered black slab that looked like an OtterBox on steroids. She assumed he watched porn on it as well, which raised
DREAM MACHINE By Ali Hoff Published Issue 080, August 2020 Ali Hoff is UK-based freelance concept artist and 3D Modeller.
PLANET ROCK By Steve Haney Published Issue 080, August 2020 SUPER FLY By Steve Haney Published Issue 080, August 2020 Steve Haney is a visual collage artist and a percussionist for Jungle Fire, a Los Angeles-based TropiFunk juggernaut that digs deep into Afro/Latin Funk with an approach that is authentic and highly explosive.
BUSINESS DINO FIGHT By Peter Glanting Published Issue 080, August 2020 Peter Gustav Glanting is from San Francisco and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis. He’s been a freelance copywriter/ social media manager, but is also passionate about arts and crafts, having been exposed to them for prolonged periods. Check out his
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT By Helena Kaeris Published Issue 080, August 2020 I consider myself a life artist or artist of life. I’m a self-taught acrylic painter currently living in Denver, Colorado with my partner and our three shared children. Painting has been an anchor for me during this 2020 pandemic with all the global changes and
