The current times call for radical action without compromise. In a resilient and sustainable move, we decided to make this issue black and white. It perfectly reflects the current mood. But now that the colors are gone, there's less distraction and you can focus on the bare essentials. Black and white have always had their own allure. Is blackthe new black? You're about to find out !
This collection-like the Comics Sans Frontières conference behind it-brings together international artists and scholars in an interdisciplinary dialog on comics, whose relevance to politics, communication, and literacy is constantly growing. By instigating our own act of academic and cultural border-defiance, we offer it as a pocket-travel-guide for all our fellow travelers on the co-mix road, wherever they are!
You probably thought life was already perfect and you wouldn't change a thing. Everything just comes together, and there is no worry in the world. Well, it's your lucky day in this wonderful time-you've got a comic book full of good comics. It's all good!
Find a quiet place, sit down, and get comfortable. Straighten your back, place your feet flat on the floor, and rest your hands in your lap. Inhale deeply through your nose and focus on the rhythm of your breath. Breate in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out... and now read !
Ahoj ! When you hear the words 'Czech Special,' your first thought might be of delicious beer, but another discipline where the Czechs truly excel is comics! In this issue, you'll get to taste a wide range of styles as the carefully selected artists present a diverse bouquet of comics, ranging from reportage and autobiographical works to fantasy and even horror. Na zdravi!
Artists from across the African continent and the Baltic region tell stories about the ghosts from their pasts. They deal with exploitation, emigration, racism, environmental disasters, and other traumas, as well as personal and spiritual tales involving the supernatural. Sometimes it's hard to get rid of all the ghosts and simply running away doesn't help. Don't be spooked, let's face our demons!
Hooray! Time to celebrate! This is the fiftieth issue of š! containing alternative comics from around the world about the theme fifty-fifty. Cover: Yuma Wang (China) Contributors: Agate Lielpetere (Latvia), Alberta Ziemele (Latvia), Amanda Baeza (Chile), Anna Sailamaa (Finland), Anna Vaivare (Latvia) Daniel Lima (Angola), Eric Kostiuk Williams (Canada), Ingrida Picukane (Latvia), Juliette Collet (USA), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Liva Kandevica (Latvia), Martinš Zutis (Latvia), Noah Van Sciver (USA), Ona Kvašyte (Lithuania), Teddy Goldenberg (Israel), Tomasz Niewiadomski (Poland), etc.
When contemplating the plasticity of space, be warned: you'll be cascading from one dimension to multiple others, potentially falling down the rabbit hole. In this special edition, with the involvement of contemporary artists, you will enter different rooms - personal, constructed, elastic, plastic, fantastic!
We're going through quite chaotic times right now. (And no, we're not talking about the geopolitical ones-for following those you're better off just watching the news.) We're talking about the personal chaos in our own lives! And it turns out we're not alone. Everybody ?l?o?v?e?s? hates chaos. We attempted to put some order into it and of course miserably failed, but in the pages of this issue you can still get an overview of the beauty of chaos... or not.
We gotta admit, we are quite obsessed with comics. But as long as it is a healthy obsession, it should be fine... right? Or is there a point where you should be worried? In this issue we are digging deeper to find out more about our obsessions, and unfortunately, it's not all about comics. Turns out there is quite a lot to be obsessed about. Hey, at least we're trying to face our compulsions. What about you?
Isn't nature utterly beautiful? Sometimes, we feel this urge to get "back to nature"... but mostly we stand with our backs to nature.
Let's face it: we keep destroying the natural world with every step. Literally. At our current pace, the apocalypse seems unavoidable.
But is it? It might already be too late to change, but it's definitely inescapable if we don't even try.
