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A Victorian puzzle purse for a special someone's birthday 💌 ✨

See it unfolding here

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finished another zine! ive wanted to make a zine based on my mug collection for YEARS, its just been stewing in the back of my mind, but here it is! finally!!

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Ferry Fanzine releases soon!

I'm excited to release my first zine and it features gijinkas of the Washington State ferries on Central Puget Sound!

It will be available at the Bremerton Zine Swap on August 2nd! The only thing you need is another zine, preferably your own, to swap with me!

A digital version will be available after the zine swap.

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Ominous collection for your viewing pleasure.

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small newman - paul newman fanzine (2024)

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Cat zine

-redraw of an old zine that I made 4+ years ago

-as an added touch I think when I sealed the sticker in a tape some cat hair ended up on the piece

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Been getting into zinemaking as of late… :)

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This is "Journal of a Good Day," a project I made in 2023 for a fundraiser. It is a guided journal for reflecting on a good day. I recently shared physical copies at Anthrocon. Print out the last image at full letter size and follow the construction guide.

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Managed to visit Glasgow Zine Library when I was in Glasgow earlier this month! Such a cool spot! I always wanted to make this sort of space possible for Salford Zine Library before I left Manchester

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GREENSBORO ZINE FEST 2025

07/26-07/27 SAT. & SUN. 10AM-2PM |

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Ask yourself: what’s good about this moment right now? Is the sun out? Can you hear birds? Are you drinking coffee? Can you smell freshly cut grass? Is your bed soft and warm? These little things are oh so precious and yet seem so arbitrary.

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the secret mini-poster from my zine, make zines :)

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made a zine on fish stamps bc why not so here are the double spreads!! i love fish!! yay!!

(the covers are on their way)

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BE LIKE FINN, July 19, 2015

There was a stretch in the middle of my ADVENTURE TIME marathon where, despite how much I love this kid’s cartoon for being progressive, subversive, and a home for different voices in the world, it was starting to feel very boy. I mean that in the nicest way, and it’s not like I didn’t expect it, going into a show about a 13-year-old boy and his magical dog best friend. But the gross-out humour and wrestling and sword fights were starting to wear on me, and I was growing impatient for the next episode focused on Princess Bubblegum and Marceline.

It was the third or fourth time they took a shot at the seduction community (yes, that seduction community) that I realised what I wasn’t seeing. A show where the most powerful leader is a pink bubblegum princess who loves science and where the most annoying villain is a sad, old man chasing after (and being rejected by) young girls, ADVENTURE TIME is teaching boys how to be men. Good men, not Nice Guys.

Finn has a crush on the Princess, but whenever he starts to get weird about it (he’s 13; she’s 18), Jake gives him a smack. Jake is a dog, but he’s also Finn’s big brother. When Finn finds a copy of Mind Games by Jay T. Doggzone (a thinly-veiled parody of every pick-up artist manual ever), Jake has to explain that he only keeps it around for laughs. He doesn’t believe in that stuff, and neither should Finn. Jake sets the example for a healthy relationship, committed to his girlfriend, Lady Rainicorn for the entire span of the series. (They even have kids together.)

Once PB lets Finn down, he sulks for a few episodes. Then he meets the Flame Princess. She’s 13, too, and though they don’t have a lot in common, and she doesn’t always laugh at his jokes, Finn likes her. They go on picnics (with Jake and Lady as chaperones). Finn takes her to a dungeon. Flame Princess teaches him how to blow stuff up. They’re getting to know each other.

For Finn, the most important thing is to be a hero. He spends his days fighting the Ice King, saving the Candy Kingdom, and inventing new ways to make people laugh. It’s his job. In the Land of Ooo, a 13-year-old boy can do this as a job.

In our world, 13-year-old boys are in their first years of high school. They’re noticing how girls are different. They’re figuring out what they can do as a job. They’re pulling away from their parents and looking up to the big kids in grade 12. There is still a lot of gross-out humour and wrestling and sword fights, but we change in a lot of ways during those four years of high school, and one of those ways is deciding what to pick up and what to leave behind.

I hope the boys growing up and watching ADVENTURE TIME right now don’t leave Finn and Jake behind. The show is teaching important lessons about what to do, who to be, and how to treat the world--not only the people you care about, but everyone. I hope the men getting high and watching ADVENTURE TIME right now are paying attention, too. There are lessons for them that they maybe didn’t get the first time around.

Be a hero. Save the day. But if a girl doesn’t laugh at your jokes, that’s no reason to run away and hide in the pillow fort. Be a man. And if you can’t be a man, be a boy like Finn. You’ll get there eventually.

itchio | ko-fi | i wrote a book!

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My book is up for pre-order! This is the brand new Canadian edition from Nine Ten Publications. (If you're in the US, you should order from Microcosm!) So exciting to see it getting a new life!