The dog is FINE, don’t worry. I mean, they’re made entirely of yearning and contemplating some canine scuba action but they are fine. Tragedy by Becky Howard is another one of those zines that embodies everything good about the art form. It’s an A6 foldout, a single page of A4 that’s crammed full of humour …
Kristyna Baczynski is one of the dynamos of the UK comics scene. Her work is always precise, highly detailed and thrumming with a unique palate, energy and focus. Her first full-length graphic novel, Retrograde Orbit, is a particular favourite. Now, A Measure of Space is too. Vesna’s planet is about to be hit by a …
Georgie Mac‘s zine slides sideways through your expectations into comedy, surrealism and pop culture. The moon is hatching. A new kind of astronaut, propelled out into the universe to seek answers discover the truth and be caught, as we all are, in the awe-inspiring gravitational pull of Steve Harrington’s hair. Max’s collage work here is …
I’m spending a lot of time at the moment trying to make the invisible visible in my artistic process. That means spotting assumptions and asking why they’re assumptions. It means a lot of planning and it also means constantly trying to look at the bigger questions about a piece of work and why I’m doing …
the november blogs-There is something in the in-between moments of making art
Zines are an exceptionally pure format and this is proof. Green Ghost follows a precise, focused ghost who looks after plants around your house. They’re a calm, focused presence who looks mostly human and has a compassionate and pragmatic approach to their work. One page shows them smelling a vase of roses and saying ‘Flowers …
Kama Mielczarek’s zines always have voices that carry. It was an okay day: a simple zine of positive things, was the first work they did that I found and I’m glad I did. It was an okay day is a single page of A4 folded down into a small essay about Mielczarek’s day. It’s the …