The Informalities :: Photo Op

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The start of a new series of hand-drawn whenever/whatever comix, scratching both my zine-y/comix itch AND finally returning The Informalities name back to this space. Had a lot of fun with this – expect more of these little experimental diversions. Right click, save image as, print, fold / cut (follow these instructions), read / decipher, dig, keep / toss.

An eight-page / eight-fold comix zine, The Informalities: an overzealous enthusiast cajoles an old man into posing for a picture with a WWII-era gun. Tempers flare.

victory(!?)

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One of those (pleasantly) surprising (and rare) mornings: think I just finished MainFictionThing, the feature for the second issue of PRESS (A) TO START. Hopefully it heralds the dawn of a faster, more pulp/punk ethos of creation: that was always the goal with it – though this one took a lot longer than I expected (or hoped). Current plan is to hold off on putting the second issue together until January, until after my grandfather's house is empty and in the hands of the new owners (read: no longer my problem), and spend my mornings working on new things through at least the end of the year, then do the final pass in the typography and design of the issue itself. Very excited to send this one out into the world. I'll happily notch the victory.

and i am not bleeding!

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Behold, the new binding for PRESS (A) TO START: all future editions and issues – unless format dictates otherwise – will be bound in Japanese Stab Binding-style:

Or, rather, all future editions and issues - unless format dictates otherwise – will be bound in my iteration / improvisation of Japanese stab binding (meaning it involved three holes instead of four and a power drill in conjunction with the awl).

Either way, proud of this one, considering the last time I tried to thread a needle I was in a state of inebriation at 2AM and convinced I needed to sew a button back on my shirt. It took two hours to thread that needle. But that button held.