isn't life about friendship?

Lorde ribs // Ross Gay catalog of unabashed gratitude // boygenius true blue // Anne Carson Euripides // Hanya Yanagihara a little life // unknown // @billypotts // Julie Baker hurt less // Trista mateer // Phoebe Bridgers Funeral // Hanya Yanagihara a little life // @slugspoon (Alivia Horsley) // Jean Little oranges // Sally Rooney beautiful world, where are you // unknown // Lorde world alone // boygenius we're in love // Margaret Atwood // Phoebe Bridgers punisher // Ryan O'connell the people you will fall in love with in your 20s // Lucy Dacus yours & mine // Arnold Label frog and toad are friends // Anne Carson Euripides // unknown // boygenius Leonard Cohen

on friends and sleep

we’re going to be friends, the white stripes || i will, mitski || frog and toad are friends, arnold lobel || unknown || @/thebigqueer || ribs, lorde || alivia horsley || leaves of grass, walt whitman || jack’s song, cavetown || blair waldorf || man and woman in bed (saint cloud), edvard munch || stuck in the middle, tai verde || jo, haley heynderickx || @/sweetpeauserboxes ||@/polybitb || sesame street || anahit behrooz

ADDAM VELARYON & BENJICOT BLACKWOOD, IF ONLY WE HAD MORE TIME

Fire & Blood, George R. R. Martin // unknown // The Raven and the Mouse, Susan Pace-Koch (illustrated by Emily Stepp) // @slugspoon (Alivia Horsley) // Contradictions: Tracking Poems, Adrienne Rich // Happiness, Raymond Carver // Addam & Ben at Raventree Hall by OrionHakuryu // @wormbus-art // They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera // The Issa Valley, Czesław Miłosz // unknown // Poem, Langston Hughes // Addam & Ben at Tumbleton by OrionHakuryu // gentle.earth by Mia // Burial at Raventree Hall by asoiafattherite // The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket

emily brontë, Wuthering Heights // anna laura, We were together. I forget the rest. // @slugspoon (alivia horsley) // anne sexton, from “a letter to W. D. Snodgrass" // arnold lobel, frog and toad are friends // hanya yanagihara, A Little Life // sade andria zabala, Coffee and Cigarettes

“In my friend, I find a second self.”

c.s. lewis / my best friend by the coral / @slugspoon (alivia horsley) / @billypotts / hanya yanagihara / ‘after party ll’ salman toor / the kids aren’t alright by fall out boy / a summer’s tale / lorde / hanya yanagihara / abed and troy (community) with a winnie the pooh quote @weelezzer / isabel norton

320+ Pages of autobiographical comics 

45 contributors sharing their experience living with anxiety

1 Kickstarter to make it happen

Kickstarter LOVES US and we love them too! You can now find Sweaty Palms Vol. 2 in the Projects We Love section.

We are OFFICIALLY 20% FUNDED, FOLKS! Let's keep this train chugging! Toot toot! Next stop, 25%! 🚂💨💨💨

Rewards above: Jon Marchione Risograph print, Monarobot Anxiety Monster enamel pin, Postcards by Meredith Park, Shelby Criswell, Alivia Horsley, and Peony Gent

BACK THE PROJECT HERE

another post about friendship

seven - taylor swift // swing time - zadie smith // claws - charli xcx // booksmart (2019, wilde) // 03x14 community // harry potter and the half-blood prince // texts from my friends // arnold lobel // anthems - charli xcx // 400 lux - lorde // "acknowledgments" by danez smith // graceland too - phoebe bridgers // it, stephen king // just you and me, babe by angela dean // sleepover by alivia horsley // yours & mine - lucy dacus // seven - taylor swift // "no better life" by alice walker // 02x04 fleabag

a compilation of things that make me believe in the world; dedicated to my friends elle, grace, sophia, and simi <3

@honeytuesday // anne carson // jack kerouac // @morepeachyogurt // alice walker // @petalsinfall // sandra simonds // louise glück // wendy cope // mary oliver // @moonbirdy // @boysaints // john cage // ross gay // @sunbathe // lorde // jenny han // emily dickinson // source // minecraft end poem by julian gough // lorde // doris dana // coldplay; @moonlockscreensz // grace vanderwaal // mary oliver // @eisayshi // @icarusgf // @theorangepdf // arnold lobel // @peoplehood // @sequin-covered-swans // schuyler peck // alivia horsley // madisen kuhn // danusha laméris // @rednet-remade // leslie feinberg // eden robinson // lorde

Skateboards

hanya yanagihara // lany // alivia horsley // @doriantomybasil // yelena bryksenkova // texts between friends // fallout boy

✸ OK KO LET’S BE TRENDY ARTIST LIST ✸

We’re happy to present the contributor list for OK KO Let’s Be Trendy, a fashion fanzine! Because of the great response, we have expanded our artist list! We encourage you to visit the links listed below and check out everyone’s amazing work. For all artists’ links, please check out the Artist List page!

Moving forward with the project, be sure to track the #okkozine tag to follow our progress and for previews of artwork. You can also follow our progress on Instagram and Twitter @okkozine​. Thank you so much everyone!

REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED 👊💥✨‬

Artists: (* indicates merch artist)

Alyssa Leandra Dalangin (@alyssaleandra) ✸ Wren (@andceteras) ✸ Angie Hewitt (@angi_hewitt) ✸  Alena (@arhc_art) ✸ Asian Artiste (@asian_artiste) ✸ Astronbot (@astronbot) ✸ Priscilla Bampoh (@bampshi) ✸ Erin Shores (@beachpie) ✸ Breanna Watson (@bre_draws)* 

Caramelpopcoms2 (@caramelpopcoms2) ✸  Chana Kim (@chanakimart) ✸ Madeline CB (@chickpeamcb) ✸ Ebony Sanders (@chocopetite) ✸ Claude (@cloudcastor) ✸ Crimsonfirebolt (@crimsonfirebolt) ✸ T Curry (@curryswirl) ✸ Andie Miller (@dadclub420) ✸ Luc (@deluxepeach) 

Desarea Doodles (@desi.doodles) ✸ Lizzy O’Donnell (@dizzypunk) ✸ Dani Tracy (@dreamaruu) ✸ Emm (@emm.does) ✸ Smoke Funk (@extreme-hiatus)* ✸ Darian B (@fatherrjo) ✸ Derygen (@gallusgalluss) ✸ Marty Tina G (@geezmarty) ✸ Greer Sanders (@grakkerss) 

Milo (@hiiarts)* ✸ Pav (@hotelmenetekel) ✸ Jay Kofee (@jay_kofee) ✸ Jayme Brodie (@jaymajaym) ✸ JR (@k1ttensocks) ✸ Kate Visnaw (@kate_visnaw) ✸ Klamblotblob (@klamblotblob) ✸ Dakota Jones (@knifegoblin) ✸ Lora Merriman (@longlostlora)

Lula (@loofahlula) ✸ La Shel Summer (@lshlsmmr)* ✸ Melora Mylin (@meloramylin)* ✸ Suikka (@moontobio) ✸ Jessica M (@my2k) ✸ Otokojo / Otto (@ojumitata) ✸ Florin (@okapitar) ✸ 1g.gang (@onegirlgank) ✸ OOZEGOD (@_oozegod)

Paspoach (@paspoach) ✸ Pegushi (@pegushi_) ✸ Svitlana Soiko (@poroshya) ✸ Ari Rattanwhip (@rattanwhip)* ✸ Rachel Bivens (@rbivsart) ✸ Krista Erkkilä (@rice_cup) ✸ Rose Bousamra (@rosebousamra) ✸ Bea Karr (@sablingart) ✸ Sidney Gale (@sidneygaleart)*

Siins (@siiins) ✸ SketchyMacrocosm (@sketchymacrocosm) ✸ Alivia Horsley (@slugspoon) ✸ Tess Courtes (@tesscourtes) ✸ Vintagefoods (@vintagefoods_) ✸ John Wilinski (@wowjohnwow) ✸ Yazz Donut (@yazzdonut) ✸ Diza (@baradiza)

Organized by Olivia F | Instagram ✸ Twitter ✸ Tumblr

Assisted by Sabii Borno | Instagram ✸ Twitter

All the Comics 2019

Series I read as they came out:

Archie Assassin Nation Batman Universe Black Panther By Night Catwoman Die Exorsisters Ghosted in L.A. Ghostspider Giant Days Gwenpool Strikes Back Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Invisible Kingdom Laguardia Last Stop on the Red Line Lazarus: Risen Lois Lane The Magnificent Ms. Marvel Man-Eaters Monstress Ms. Marvel Once & Future King Paper Girls Pretty Deadly: The Rat Redlands Sabrina the Teenage Witch Sleepless Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider Spider-man and Venom: Double Trouble Steeple Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl The Unstoppable Wasp West Coast Avengers The White Trees The Wicked + the Divine

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks

The Life of Captain Marvel Margaret Stohl Carlos Pacheco Batgirl Vol. 4: Strange Loop Hope Larson Sami Basri Jessica Jones: Blind Spot Kelly Thompson Mattia De Iulis Doom Patrol Vol 2: Nada Gerard Way Nick Derington Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings Sarah Graley Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days Tom King Lee Weeks Hilda and the Troll Luke Pearson Batwoman Vol. 3: Fall of the House of Kane Marguerite Bennett Fernando Blanco X-23: Family Album Mariko Tamaki Juann Cabal Andre the Giant: Life and Legend Box Brown How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less Sarah Glidden Get Your War On David Rees March Book One John Lewis & Andrew Aydin Nate Powell Barbarous Vol 1 Ananth Hirsh Yuko Ota Barbarous Vol 2 Ananth Hirsh Yuko Ota March Book Two John Lewis & Andrew Aydin Nate Powell March Book Three John Lewis & Andrew Aydin Nate Powell The Real Folk Blues: A Cowboy Bebop Fanbook Anthology ed. Zainab Akhtar Batman Detective Comics Vol 2 The Victim Syndicate James Tynion IV Alvaro Martinez Off Season James Sturm Kiss Number 8 Colleen AF Venable Ellen T. Crenshaw Cleopatra in Space: Fallen Empires Mike Maihack Batman Detective Comics Vol 3: League of Shadows James Tynion IV Marcio Takara The Hero Business Season Two Bill Walko When I Arrived at the Castle Emily Carroll The Weather Man Jody LeHeup Nathan Fox The Girl Who Married a Skull & Other African Stories ed. C. Spike Trotman ed. Kate Ashwin ed. Kel McDonald ed. Taneka Stotts F*ck Off Squad Nicole Goux Dave Baker The Breakaways Cathy G. Johnson Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki Rosemary Valero-O'Connell Batman Vol. 9 The Tyrant Wing Tom King Tom Taylor Mech Cadet Yu Volume Two Grek Pak Takeshi Miyazawa Sincerely, Harriet Sarah W. Searle The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One Michael Dante DiMartino Michelle Wong Avatar The Last Airbender: Imbalance Book Two Faith Erin Hicks Peter Wartman Snotgirl: vol 2: California Screaming Bryan Lee O'Malley Leslie Hung Skyward: Vol 1 Joe Henderson Lee Garbett Shuri: Vol 1: The Search for Black Panther Nnedi Okorafor Leonardo Romero Crowded: Vol 1: Soft Apocalypse Chrisopher Sebela Ro Stein Ted Brandt I Hate Fairyland: Vol 1: Madly Ever After Skottie Young I Hate Fairyland: Vol 2: Fluff My Life Skottie Young I Hate Fairyland: Vol 3: Good Girl Skottie Young I Hate Fairyland: Vol 4:  Sadly Never After Skottie Young California Dreamin' Penelope Bagieu Runaways: Best Friends Forever Rainbow Rowell Kris Anka Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles Mark Russell Mike Feehan My Brother's Husband Gengorah Tagame Rice Boy Evan Dahm FTL Y'all ed. C. Spike Trotman ed. Amanda Lafrenais Gothic Tales of Haunted Love ed. Hope Nicholson ed. S.M.Beiko The Immortal Hulk: Or is he both? Al Ewing Joe Bennett X-23: X-Assassin Mariko Tamaki Diego Olortegui Ant-Man and the Wasp: Lost and Found Mark Waid Javier Garron Power Man and Iron Fist: The Boys Are Back in Town David Walker Sanford Greene Iceman: Thawing Out Sina Grace Alessandro Vitti Iceman: Absolute Zero Sina Grace Robert Gill Song of Aglaia Anne Simon Batman Detective Comics: Vol 4 Deus Ex Machina James Tynion IV Alvaro Martinez Harley Quinn: Broken Glass Mariko Tamaki Steve Pugh The Immortal Hulk: The Green Door Al Ewing Joe Bennett Power Man and Iron Fist: Civil War David F. Walker Flaviano Cosplayers Dash Shaw Bad Machinery: The Case of the Modern Men John Allison Is This How You See Me? Jaime Hernandez a city inside Tillie Walden The Immotal Hulk: Hulk in Hell Al Ewing Joe Bennett Slowly but Shirley Catalina Rufin Stage Dreams Melanie Gillman Homunculus Joe Sparrow Verse Book One Sam Beck Laid Waste Julia Gfrorer Gorgeous Cathy G. Johnson Cosmoknights Hannah Templer The Hard Tomorrow Eleanor Davis Pumpkin Heads Rainbow Rowell Faith Erin Hicks Funky Town Mathilde Van Gheluwe Pleading with Stars Kurt Ankeny Avatar The Last Airbender: Imbalance Book Three Faith Erin Hicks Peter Wartman The Love Bunglers Jaime Hernandez Spider-man Life Story Chip Zdarsky Mark Bagley Are You Listening? Tillie Walden November Matt Fraction Elsa Charretier Rusty Brown Chris Ware Dangerously Chloe Volume 3 David Lumsdon Jason Waltrip The Astonishing Ant-Man: Small-Time Criminal Nick Spencer Ramon Rosanas Doctor Aphra: Aphra Kieron Gillen Kev Walker Moonstruck Grace Ellis Shae Beagle

Minis

Maids no. 1 Katie Skelly Frontier #18 Tiffany Ford Two of Us Jessi Zabarsky Visiting Alivia Horsley Sobek James Stokoe Resort on Caelum Wren McDonald Boogsy Michelle Kwan Frontier #19 Hannah Waldron Maids no. 2 Katie Skelly Frontier #20 Anatola Howard Minotaar Lissa Treiman Pass the Baton Hana Chatani Cry Wolf Girl Ariel Ries At the Edge of the Stream at Dusk Jen Lee Cavity Michelle Theodore Hsthete Melanie Gillman David, I Love You Eileen Marie The Cutest Curse Laura Terry Churn Amelia Onorato An Eye for an Eye Kimberly Wang Women on Paper: 3 Stories Anna Christine Liminal State Maria Photinakis Melusine, The Collector and the Gift of the Pearls Edie Voges Infinite Wheat Paste Issue 3 Pidge Anew Dillon Gilbertson Anastasia Longoria Big Wally James McGarry Sam Bennett Frontier #21 Derek Yu Frontier #22 Tunde Adebimpe

Graphic novel is a stupid term that often encompasses things that are not novels, but I used it as a blanket term for anything comics I read that were bound rather than stapled. Minis are shorter works, stapled, and generally self-published by the artist, or done by a small press like Shortbox or Youth in Decline. I was totally lazy about crediting creators on series because my actual list for that is a grid, keeping track of each issue. Similarly, when listing creators on trades, I tended to only list writer and artist which is enough for some books, but sometimes there are many more, inkers, and colorists and letterers, and maybe I’ll do better next year.

Support your local library, your local comic shop (especially Hub Comics if you’re in the Boston area), and indie comic shows like MICE. 

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by Alivia Horsley

We’re entering our last two weeks on Kickstarter with 61% funding! (So close!) 

What is Sweaty Palms?

Sweaty Palms is an autobiographical comics anthology about living with anxiety. The book features more than 320 beautiful pages of black and white comics by 45 incredible indie cartoonists from around the world. This anthology is our way of helping to destigmatize mental illness. 

Why is Sweaty Palms so important?

By sharing our experiences, we hope that readers will connect with the stories and know that they aren’t alone.  Visual storytelling gives a face to abstract things, like anxiety, which can be very difficult or painful to convey otherwise!  The book will also feature a list of free mental health resources in the back so the resources are easily accessible in one place.

We hope you’ll consider backing/sharing the project. Thank you so much!

BACK THE PROJECT HERE

PREVIEWS from contributors Barbawk, Sam King, Alivia Horsley, AnneMarie Rogers, Amy Scott, and JB Roe. 

Our wonderful Vol. 2 Contributors

Ahmara Smith (Oni, Bog Below the Drain)

Alex Graudins (Nicknames, The Brain)

Alex Nall (Let Some Word that Be Heard is Yours, Lawns)

Alivia Horsley (NEETgear, Dreamweavers)

Ally Shwed (Blocked: Stories from the World of Online Dating, The Nib, The Boston Globe)

Amy Scott (Tarot of Villainy, Ghost of Padme)

AnneMarie Rogers  (Leaving)

Barbawk (Moon man + Stan)

Brian Prince (Manifester, Commander Kamala Lays Down The Law) 

Clara Lucie Jetsmark (My Dead Mother)

Danielle Kogan (Made Ya Think, Great the Show)

Diigii Daguna (Adventure Time, Over the Garden Wall)

G.C. Mulcahy (Larkspur)

Henry Guerra (World War V)

JB Roe ( BRAINBUSTER, Screwjob #5, Hardway Ltd.)

Jen Sandwich (Total Trash, Are We Dead or Is This Ohio)

Jenn Woodall (GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS, Bartkira)

Jon Mastanuono (The Guest House, Parade)

Julieta Colas (Rick and Morty)

Katie Graziano (Little Buggies, Katie and Drew)

Kelly Bastow

Kelly Phillips (Weird Me, Dirty Diamond Anthology)

Kevin Rusty Macaraeg

Lime Robertson (Ruu and Walter) 

Liz Yerby (City Mouse, Sir Is This Love)

Lucie Bryon (Food Baby)

Luke Howard (Our Mother, Talk Dirty To Me)

Maria Bee (Wild, Seasonal Depression(s))

Meredith Park (Cloud By Day, Night Rides, I Used To Knock On Doors)  

Miles Honey (As You Are #4, Brain Garbage Anthology)

Mushbuh (Burrito Galaxy)

November Garcia (Foggy Notions, Malarkey)

Peony Gent

Querelle P. (Dirty Diamonds #8)

Rii Abrego (Steven Universe, Adventure Time)

Rosa Chang (Prickles, The Weeping Trees)

Sam King (Clarence, DuckTales)

Sfe Monster (Eth's Skin, Beyond: The Queer Sci-fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology vol. 1 & 2)

Shan Murphy (Bird Comics, the A.V. Club)

Stefani Vlusha

Shelby Criswell (Oh Joy Sex Toy Guest Comic, Stoney Baloney, Awkward Shelby)

Stephanie Rodriguez (Mundoperfecto, Buzzfeed comics)

Sloane Kim (Bartkira, TKNMJK )

Tasha Mukanik (The Sanity Circus)

Thomas Turner

Vicky Leta (Genetic Lottery, Oh Joy Sex Toy guest comic)