Saturday, January 12, 2013

Ivy, Issue 2

Very sorry for the delay in updating this blog.  MK and I have been hard at work on the second issue of Ivy, which will be going to print in the next couple weeks.  If all goes according to plan, we should have it available for sale before January's end.

The broad theme of our second issue is "Place."  We decided on the theme while completing a jam comic about winters in Seattle and Chicago (the cities we call home).  Place is something that suggests permanence, familiarity, and stability.  However, within this "comfort" resides the possibility of alienation, estrangement, and movement.  We hope that the stories and thoughts and bits and bobs that we share in this issue will tap into some of the attachments and ambiguities that structure our feelings about "place."

Our guest contributor for this issue is the amazing John Swogger.  John is an archaeological illustrator and artist from Wales.  Given his wide travels and exposure to a number of different peoples and places (past and present), we thought "who better to contribute to this issue?"  John has been writing about his process in creating a strip for Ivy on his own blog.  His entries thoughtfully reflect upon the various influences that play a part in our relationship to place.  The first serves as an introduction, the second offers reflection on the meaning of place, and the third discusses place in relationship to artwork/style.  Please take a look!

We are so grateful and excited for his contribution.  Thank you John!

Also:  Issues of our launch issue of Ivy, featuring guest artist Sarah Leavitt, are still available!  Check it out here.

No comments:

Post a Comment