Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 091, July 2021 The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade (2021) Amadeo is 33, drinking to excess, and sinking into the deepest rut of his life living at home with his mother in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico. He makes the decision, motivated by his […]
Werewolf Radar: Plaid Moon Rising — The Flannel Man By Nate Balding Published Issue 091, July 2021 The paranormal community tends to believe there’s nothing new over the evnts horizoned or beyond the wildest dreams of the Pastafarian sauce gods. This is despite being a cloistered group of minds rattling off new tropes for old
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 091, July 2021 NECROPANTHER | IN DEPTHS WE SLEEP This concept EP was performed and produced during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown while the band members couldn’t work together in a physical space. Perhaps this serves to explain why a band that normally writes music about a dystopian future set these
Maybe It’s Atlantis By Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 091, July 2021 Caitlyn Grabenstein, a.k.a. Cult Class, is a collage artist, sketch artist, and designer out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started doing art at a very young age and has pursued it in different forms throughout her life. While working in the music industry and running
Stimulus Check By Erik Rogers Published Issue 091, July 2021 Erik Rogers is a self-taught artist from the Midwest. He primarily works with pens, colored pencils and crayons. His art is childish, poorly illustrated and often disturbing. He currently lives and works in Metro Detroit. See Erik’s last Birdy install, Tinder, or head to our
Face with Fruit Series By S. Putnik Published Issue 091, July 2021 Siena Goldman aka S. Putnik lives in her birthplace, Los Angeles, where she has spent her lifetime so far experimenting with the visual and musical arts. She loves working with pencil, pastel, watercolor, crayon and collage to convey interesting textures, color palettes, and
Ignore It By Noah Van Sciver Published Issue 091, July 2021 Noah Van Sciver is a multiple award-winning cartoonist who first came to comic readers’ attention with his critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated comic book series Blammo. His work has appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Best American Comics, Kramers Ergot, as well as countless graphic
Puppy Cone By Ray Young Chu Published Issue 091, July 2021 Ray Young Chu’s background starts with his grandfather being taken away by North Korean soldiers for being a preacher when his dad was six. They never saw him since. This back history has contributed to Ray’s continuous search for meaning and purpose behind his
Extol By Graham Franciose Published Issue 091, July 2021 Graham Franciose grew up in the forests of Massachusetts. His work reaches back to those times of exploration and imagination, where anything was possible. His whimsical, sometimes emotional, illustrations show a sliver of a story, a moment between the action, leaving the exact circumstances and narrative
Unicorn 12×12 on Wood Panel By Peter Kornowski Published Issue 091, July 2021 Unicorn is part of Peter Kornowski’s Headlight Series. This time with a familiar vehicle. What else would be shocking to roll up on, driving down a country road? I remember always having a passion for creating … drawing, painting, design, carpentry, music; they’re