Wavy Cat By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 109, January 2023 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 […]
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Just Browsing By Ali Hoff Published Issue 109, January 2023 Check out the moveable version of Just Browsing here. Ali Hoff is UK-based freelance concept artist and 3D Modeller who creates strange otherly worlds, scapes, characters and more and the creator of Totem Earth. See more of his work on Instagram. Check out Ali’s November
The Dark House By Chris Walker Published Issue 109, January 2023 “Don’t stare, Nora” “But mom— ” “Nora!” The girl with short brown curls felt a sharp tug on her arm as her mom pulled her along. With a huff, Nora reluctantly followed her mother down the sidewalk past the house— “The dark house,” as
Polar Solar By Austin Parkhill Published Issue 109, January 2023 Polar Solar — 9 x 12in acrylic and graphite on board. Inspired by my 4×4 trek across the Arctic Ocean, featuring the enigmatic musk ox, a crazy remote solar powered weather station, and the inspiring Bollinger Motors B1 electric truck. I’m reimagining this arctic adventure
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 109, January 2023 2022 was the first nearly full year of live music since 2019. By last March it felt like many people and artists were acting like the pandemic was over (it isn’t) and making up for the previous two years with active touring and playing
Sweet Buddah By Eric Joyner Published Issue 109, January 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 as drawing and painting.
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 109, January 2023 Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda, Translated by Sarah Booker (2022) Ecuadorian author Mónica Ojeda’s first novel translated into English melds horror with trauma and dark teenage antics in this urgently current work. Ojeda’s story opens with Fernanda, a teenage student, realizing she has been kidnapped and
Earthworm Rocket By Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 109, January 2023 This page from a 1971 journal, featuring Mr. Magic working on an earthworm rocket, exemplifies Mark Mothersbaugh’s lifelong exploration of the relationship between humans and technology. – Mark Mothersbaugh: MYOPIA Mark Mothersbaugh is one of this era’s most unique and prolific composers. Deeply aware of
Informally Informed, So To Speak By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 109, January 2023 My Friend Criticized Me For Laughing At My Own Joke, So I Criticized Him For Not Making A Joke For Me To Laugh At Listen people, you can’t have it both ways. If you don’t like the fact
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