The latest issue of Inkt|art is online and it’s such a treat. This issue is all comics journalism—and all works are by lady creators. Stories include:
Sara Drake, Elsewhere
Eroyn Franklin, Detained
Noel Franklin, Last Call: Club Lingerie
Emi Gennis, S.A. Andree’s Ill-Fated Expedition
Leanne Grabel, The Family Fate Ate
Charlene Potts, Real Problems & Brilliant Solutions in America: A Guide
K-Fai Steele, Mystery Monkey
Click through to see a collection of photo-references for my comic about S. A. Andrée, the man who attempted to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon.
New in the Birdcage Bottom Books shop:
Hic & Hoc’s “Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: A Collection of Unsolved Mysteries” anthology
Unknown Origins and Untimely Ends, edited by Emi Gennis, and published by Hic & Hoc, contains over 30 non-fiction unsolved mysteries by relative newcomers and small press comics legends alike, including Box Brown, J.T. Yost, Julia Gfrörer, Noah Van Sciver, Simon Moreton, and Sam Spina. Previews below from pieces by Nikki DeSautelle, Sam Alden, and Graham Kahler. Featuring tales of slaughtered hikers, vanishing prime ministers, suicide forests, and meat falling from the sky. 192pp, 6×9.
6″ x 9″, 192 pages. $12
Full-color cover with b&w interiorNow available in the Birdcage Bottom store!
More photo reference side-by-sides from the S. A. Andrée comic. You can now buy this comic from my Etsy shop.
Unknown Origins and Untimely Ends
By Various Artists
192 pages
Published by Hic & Hoc
Debuting at TCAF 2013!Hic and Hoc announces the festival debut of Unknown Origins and Untimely Ends, edited by Emi Gennis. This book contains over 30 non-fiction unsolved mysteries by relative newcomers and small press comics legends alike, including J.T. Yost, Julia Gfrorer, Noah Van Sciver, Simon Moreton, and Sam Spina. Featuring tales of slaughtered hikers, vanishing prime ministers, suicide forests, and meat falling from the sky. Be sure to get your copy autographed by TCAF attendees Sam Alden, Jason Bradshaw and Mark Hensel.
Pick up a copy at the Hic & Hoc store now, or get it from me at Zine Feast, TCAF or CAKE!
I’ll also have these at VanCAF, CAKE, and the Portland Zine Symposium!
More photo reference side-by-sides. This image was already so powerful the way it was, that I didn’t deviate from the photograph a whole lot.
S. A. Andrée’s story, along with Franz Reichelt’s, have been collected into a mini called Unfortunate Mishaps in Aviation History and will be available for purchase through my Etsy shop on May 7th.
RIP Yuri Yudin, the lone survivor of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (pictured, center). Click through for article (thanks to Matt for finding this).
You can read my comic about the Dyatlov Pass Incident in the Hic & Hoc anthology of unsolved mysteries, Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends.
