Last Thursday I went on a adventure in Toronto with my two friends and picked up these. “In the the Flesh” is a graphic novel illustrated by Koren Shadmi. I highly recommend this if you enjoy great illustrations and quirky & creepy stories. Next time I’m going to pick up Adrian Tomine’s “32 Stories”.  I also finally bought M83’s “Saturdays=Youth” (yes I still buy cd’s) for only $5 at Urban Outfitters (the irony and hipster lifestyle in that place is painful but I like their quilts).

We also hit up the Zine Library. It’s actually quite a shame because there are so many cool zines from all over the world, but the location is less than pleasant. I’m wondering if it would be possible to organize a few people and the give the place a face lift. There were mysterious stains everywhere and the the furniture seemed like an army of cockroaches will explode at any moment from the inside. I think a paint job and maybe some furniture donations would really make the place a lot nicer. Found some great inspirations though, and speaking of, my two friends Myra and Jeannie have started there own tiny zines and they are so unbelievably cute I have to share them with you:

 

Jeannie only has one so far called Roleplay and Myra is like a zine-machine. We’re all hoping to get a table at this year’s Canzine. I haven’t started on mine yet but my plan is to start this weekend. I’m either going to start with a quarter page or in the mini format. We’ll see.

Today I’m re-branding a logo, so that’s been eating up a lot of my time. I also have a few blank canvases that I bought a million years ago. I don’t know why I buy them, I prefer painting on wood or masonite. I think I like the idea of canvas more than I actually like using it. They’re yelling at me to put something on them though and I feel like I must oblige.

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