Above It All By Nick Flook aka Flooko Published Issue 112, April 2023 Nick Flook aka Flooko is “the O.G astronaut painter” and takes his fans on adventures through original acrylic paintings and animations. This Toronto-based artist specializes in surrealism, space-themed work and impressionistic city and landscapes. See more of his work on his site […]
The Lost Episode By Eric Joyner Published as the Index of Issue 112, April 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
Mass Psychosis By Dave Danzara Published in Issue 112, April 2023 Albuquerque-based 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
The Zoros and the Zeldas By Joel Tagert Art by Jack Estenssoro Published Issue 111, March 2023 Thanks for choosing Bubba’s Burgers. That’ll be twelve eighty-nine. What the fuck?! Excuse me? What the fuck are you? Uh, I’m the person taking your money and giving you your food? Are you even human? Why aren’t your lips
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Werewolf Radar: Men in Blecch By Nate Balding Art by Jason White Published Issue 111, March 2023 Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about and see a motherfucking polyficial chimeric
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BuzzFeed Ifs … By Brian Polk Published Issue 111, March 2023 If My Life Were A Series Of Buzzfeed Articles Who among us is strong enough to resist the mighty pull of BuzzFeed? Even if you aren’t interested in endless quizzes to see which Disney cartoon character you might be, their culling of Reddit forums
Descendants By Gray Winsler Art by Eric Joyner Published Issue 111, March 2023 As you may recall from previous dispatches on parallel universe EXL203B, humanity has, rather embarrassingly, perished at the hands of a plant. Without humans around, the earth has since been taken over by all manner of other lively beings. This includes the
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Atomic Kitty and Nightmare Machine By Moon_Patrol Published in Issue 111, March 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, and
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Oh No It’s Devo! By Dave Danzara Published as the Back Cover of Issue 111, March 2023 Albuquerque-based 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,
Published Issue 111, March 2023 “This is really unnecessary,” he said. “I didn’t sign up for this.” He rubbed his blue, furry hands against his blue, furry thighs, practically squirming with discomfort. “See that resistance?” the therapist observed, leveling him with a dispassionate stare over a pair of small, rectangular glasses. “That is precisely why