Oh! Look at me there!

Last week I mentioned in a post that I would be featured in Don Picton's new 4-Square. Well now it's here and it can be yours for only $2! That's less than an iced chai at any coffee shop chain!

I haven't seen the whole zine yet but I can't wait to get my hands on it. Don drew the cover here. That's me with the ribbon in my hair. Well, I guess it's pretty obvious which one I am... I love that we are playing Hungry Hungry Hippos in this drawing because I recently mentioned how I want to play that game. This just seals the deal.

Here is Don's description of the zine and some of the pages inside...

Quarter-sized, 28 pages of sheer awesome. the second issue of 4-square has a sportacular Jarrad French story. Ann Flowers's'es's rookie zine yarn involving ghosts, tee pees, and jellyfish spectres. I do a comic that travels from the south pole to the not so deep reaches of outer space. And finally Alex Taylor, a man who has worked at more subway sandwich shops than anyone his age should have, tells a story about....wait for it... fast food jobs.
all this for just 2.00! buy now and put it in a plastic bag with an acid-free backing board so one day when your down on your luck you can sell it for 2.50, that's .50 profit kid. dig this, you but 4,000 copies, resell them when the market peaks, you just made yourself 2,000 bucks to spend on erotic massages. everyone wins.


Get yours today here!

Zines!

Since I'm still in the midst of moving into my new house and getting my studio all set up I haven't been able to work on much art which is driving me crazy! I'm hoping to get my studio organized and ready to go today. Meanwhile I've been thinking and thinking and preparing for what I'm going to do next.

I mentioned a while back how I found this Anthology of zines from Nicole Georges. I loved reading this and immediately bought the first volume and read it. I have never read so slowly in my life. I wanted to savor it and make it last as long as possible. I even re-read it as soon as I finished.

That got me thinking about zines and how maybe that's what I should be doing also. I love writing and combing both text and image. I was working on a few tiny zines before I moved out of my studio but those have been set aside for a bit. I'm ready to get back to them.

I recently ordered this zine Dope Flounder and it only made me want to make my own more than ever.
So I looked around online and found this book. This was all I needed for that last push. This book gives great tips on how to create your own zine. I even learned that Bust started out as a zine. That was really encouraging to hear because Bust is my favorite magazine on the market. I've always wanted to work for a cool magazine and now I can just start my own!

Pikaland did a great review of this book here.
And so while I was searching for zines I also found this book. Do you guys remember Sassy? I loved Sassy. Reading this book takes me back and I'm learning so much stuff I had no idea was going on at the time. I was a little young when Sassy was in its prime but I still loved the staff and all the different articles. While I'm trying to get my studio in order I'm having a hard time sitting this book down so I can work. Hopefully I'll finish it soon.
If you're interested in zines check these books out! They are great reads.

Happy Wednesday!

Good Read

The past few days have been really busy and a little bit stressful but my boyfriend and I just signed a lease on a house that will be ours ours ours. I'm so excited to finally have a place. It's a really cute two story white house with a big back yard that's perfect for gardening. Now I just need to find one of those pesky jobs so I can afford it...

In the meantime I discovered this amazing anthology by Nicole Georges. Maybe you all know her already, I sometimes tend to be the last to know about someone, but she is quite spectacular and has a great sense of humor when creating her stylish zines. I got the Invincible Summer volume 2 at Quimbys. I've been trying to read it very slowly because I want to savor it. Since I've been feeling so down lately this has really inspired me to get up and keep at it. I ordered Volume 1 today from her Etsy shop. All her work in her shop is very cheap and affordable and absolutely darling. Explore her website here and get to know this spectacular artist.

Also! Don't forget (because it's my job not to let you...) Summertime Giveaway here...