What is Meandering Realms?
Art by Katie Longua Materials: clay, pompoms, mixed media |
Art by Papermelon Materials: paper collage, digital art
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Materials: painted canvas, mixed media, glitter |
Why Unconventional Material Comics?
Art by Bread Tarleton Materials: face paint |
Page by Kriota Willberg Materials: embroidery, printed fabric |
Materials: clay, mixed media |
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Sage ClemmonsRewards:
 | The Realm of Friendship:
$2 min, $5 suggested
-- a thank you from deep in
our hearts and my eternal friendship
|  | The Realm of Dreams:
$10 min, $15 suggested
-- pdf copy of the book, and
a digital wallpaper of the cover art
|  | The Realm of Curiosity:
$15 min, $20 suggested
-- pdf copy of book, digital
wallpaper of the cover, and a pdf of an intro to
unconventional comics zine
|  | The Realm of Possibility:
$25 min, $30 suggested
-- 1 physical copy of the
anthology, a pdf copy, and digital wallpaper of the cover
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| The Realm of the Adventure:
$35 min, $40 suggested
-- 1 physical copy of the
book and one of the zine, pdfs of both and digital wallpaper
of the cover |
Page by Bryn Ziegler Materials: paint Markers on acetate transparency |
Materials: leather, photography |
Page by Erin Partridge Materials: paint on leaves, arranged by the ocean |
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by Roshan Ganu
Breakdown of funds:
Page by Issy Manley Materials: cut paper collage, embroidery, watercolor |
Page by Allison Bannister Materials: layered woodcuts |
Page by Nick Steinborn Materials: fleece, quilting |
Page by Keren Katz Materials: cut paper, wire |
Page by DT Burns Materials: cut paper collage |
Page by Sean Marney Materials: marker on cardboard |
Page by Filipa Estrela Materials: needlefelting |
Thank youso muchfor yoursupport! |
Page by Filipa Estrela Materials: woodburning |
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A closer look at the folks you're supporting by contributing!
| Filipa EstrelaFilipa Estrela (any pronouns) is a crafter, cartoonist, performer, costumer, educator, and storyteller; sometimes all at the same time. They are a working artist living in the Providence, RI area and are a member of the Queer Archive Work and Binch Press studio. Filipa’s creative practice is all about play, experimentation, and blending the everyday with a dose of myth, magic and wonder. In their works they often draw inspiration from their identity as a queer, gender-fluid, Cape-Verdean/Macanese-Chinese/Portuguese mixed person of color. Their hope is tell stories that are heartwarming, encourage human connection, and inspire others to embrace their own creative selves.
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| Katie LonguaKatie Longua is always looking for ways to make the world more magical. She can take the most boring diagram or infographic and turn it into a piece of art that people will actually want to read. And her artistry extends well beyond comics into video games, fashion, art modeling, and toy design. She’s the person many kids want to be when they grow up, once they realize growing up doesn’t mean becoming boring. Katie has been publishing her own comics for over ten years, including the award-winning RÖK, Her Space Opera, and Munchies. |
 | Issy ManleyIssy Manley is a cartoonist, educator and service worker, currently based in New Orleans. Her comics have appeared in Popula, The Lily, The Nib Magazine, Narratively, and Spiral Bound.
|  | Bread TarletonBread Tarleton is an award-winning cartoonist and comics editor for A.B.O. Comix. Bread’s comics range from goofy comedic stories to serious existential explorations. More recently, their work has centered around transness, fatness, and the intersections of these in their life.
|  | Roshan GanuRoshan Ganu is a multimedia narrative artist presently based in Minneapolis and originally from the coastal state of Goa in India. Her work brings a narrative, a moment or an emotion to life wherein she employs the tools of linguistics and narrative to meet her audience in a space of vulnerability and reflection.
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 | Sean MarneyI AM AN ARTIST, WRITER, PERFORMER, AND ENGINEER LIVING IN LOS ANGELES. I MAKE SURREAL AND SCIENCE FICTION COMEDY. I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AN MFA IN COMICS FROM THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS. I HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. YOU MAY ALSO KNOW MY PUPPET, SEAN. HE PERFORMS INTERACTIVE, HEARTFELT COMEDY SHOWS.
|  | Bryn ZieglerBryn Ziegler is a Philadelphia based book artist and illustrator. She is most interested in telling stories about queerness, mental health, and strange travels. She has published comics in several anthologies in recent years, she loves D&D, and she is engaged to a librarian.
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 | Nick StellanovaHi, I'm Nick Stellanova, a comic artist and illustrator from Central Ohio. My work focuses on mixed media collage, storytelling through texture, and trans experiences. I live with my wife Viola and my cat Sparkles, both who inspire me to create strange and beautiful things.
|  | DT BurnsD.T Burns is a writer, artist, and generally useful person. Their work with puppetry, interactive performance, and multimedia storytelling has recently been featured by the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, the Chicago Neofuturists, the Object Movement Festival, and Bricolage Production Company.
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 | Papermelon
Hello! I'm Papermelon, a
cartoonist and illustrator from Brasil. I work with
publishing, anthologies, and comics and my art focus on
bittersweet moments of ordinary life and fantasy slice of
life! Thank you! :O)
|  | Nick SteinbornNick Steinborn is a comics enthusiast and textile crafts enjoyer from Los Angeles, California. This is eir first comic! |
 | Allison BannisterAllison Bannister is a cartoonist and comics scholar, interested in unconventional materials, multimodal rhetoric, and composition practices. Her comics tend toward the fantastical, engaging fairytales, mythology, and magical elements to tell stories with a human core. You can find her work in various anthologies, or online at basictelepathy.com.
twitter + tumblr @basictelepathy
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 | Sage Clemmonssage clemmons is an artist, writer, tattooer, and community member living on occupied Abenaki land. in 2019 they edited and published "how to wait: an anthology of transition" and were shortlisted for the john locher memorial award. they are a graduate of the center for cartoon studies and their work has appeared in/with the vermont animation festival, the believer , nancy, and many a comics fest, self-published zine, and friend’s arm. their comic “everyone is sorry” was published with parsifal press summer 2021.
find them online at sageclemmons.com or contact them directly at sageclemmons@gmail.com
| Erin PartridgeDr. Erin Partridge, PhD, ATR-BC s an artist, art therapist, professor, and researcher based in California. She is interested in the power of mixed-media sequential art as a means to access and communicate about strong emotional content.
@2littlewings on twitter, instagram, and etsy. www.wingstoflystudio.com |
 | Keren KatzI work in a bookstore, I collect books, I shrink books, I publish books and I create books. My favorite subject to write about is unrequited love in architecturally unsound spaces.
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 | Kriota WillbergKriota Willberg uses comics, needlework, historical studies, bioethics, and her experiences from her career as a massage therapist and health science educator to explore body/science narratives. Combining this history with her background as an artist and educator, she has been creating comics and teaching artists about injury prevention through panels, workshops, and her book, Draw Stronger, from Uncivilized Books. Her other comics appear in: 4PANEL, SubCultures, and Awsome Possum 3, Comics 4 Choice, Strumpet 5; and Graphic Canon; as well as the journals Intima and Broken Pencil. http://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kriotawillberg/ |
