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Alenka Figa
Alenka Figa is a queer, feminist librarian. She spends her days thinking about how to effectively sing to babies and twittering about comics and her cat at @alenkafiga.
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Artists Have Cool Brains: Short Reviews from Chicago Zine Fest 20180
- Con Diaries, Zines
- May 30, 2018
When I arrived at this year’s Chicago Zine Fest (CZF), the first thing I did was make a zine. It’s been a difficult year thus far, and I have to confess, I haven’t been thinking about zines much. I meant to get back to them, to seek out new zinesters review more work, and make
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Jessica Campbell’s XTC69 gives the Middle Finger to Misogyny and Transphobia0
- Indie & Small Press, Reviews
- May 16, 2018
XTC69 Jessica campbell Koyama Press May 2018 Sometimes, when I feel buried under a flood of stress both in my personal life and from the general state of the world, I want to consume media that just makes me feel joy. I need to smile and laugh, to step out from under the weight of
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Cults, Talking Raccoons and Gentrification: A Love Letter to Leaving Richard’s Valley0
It’s not always easy to say goodbye.
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The Kitchen is a Delicious Recipe for Misandry0
The Kitchen Ollie Masters (writer), Ming Doyle (artist), Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Clem Robins (letterer), Becky Cloonan (covers) Vertigo Comics November 2014 As superhero properties continue to be optioned for film and television by the dozen, there are fewer choices for those of us who aren’t super into all things, well, super. My level of excitement
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Win An Advance Copy of Cassandra Clare's Lady Midnight
- February 25, 2016
Party Post!
- August 22, 2014
