22Z Yard Sale

"A jealous Goddess, an unlucky princess, a clumsy God"! This zine is a comic rendition of the classic Greek myth of Psyche and Eros. Psyche is a human princess, often worshiped by well-meaning but misguided admirers as though she is the daughter of Aphrodite. Aphrodite tasks her son Eros (later known as Cupid), notorious playboy, with using his love arrows to curse Psyche to fall in love with a "hideous, gross animal". Unfortunately, the arrow hits a different target!

This comic is so lovingly rendered, and it makes the story of Psyche so accessible and engaging. Caroline has an amazing hand at visual storytelling, with amazing artistic details like Greecian-styled panel borders and rich nighttime scenes in white lines on deep black or color.

The zine is printed on a newsprint-like paper and hand-bound with beautiful trailing yarn (part 1 in red, part 2 in green).

Part 1: 64 pages, B&W with color cover, 5.5" x 8.5" (half letter)
Part 2: 70 pages, mostly B&W but with some color backgrounds & color cover, 5.5" x 8.5" (half letter)

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This zine is a beautiful, nostalgic chronicle of an entire era of life captured in nothing put photographs. It's like sitting down with your grandmother (the one you actually like) and watching her hands shakily flip through the family album. It is a preserved piece of heart that was put into the home and neighborhood. It is a fitting tribute to a childhood home from which a family was suddenly uprooted. This zine is for everyone who can never return to a place they loved.

From the author:
"Waverly is a project I have been working on for some time now.
"My family and I lived on a property in a town called Waverly in the state of Pennsylvania for almost 12 years and it was some of the best times of our lives. One day, out of the blue, we got a call from a realtor asking us when would a good time be for him to show the house. My mom, obviously very confused, asked what he was talking about. It was at that moment we realized that our landlord had listed our house without telling us or giving us any warning. We were told we had a few months to move out. Obviously, we were devastated and it deeply traumatized my mom because this was her dream house. It was next door to my aunts house (her sister) and we are very close with her.
"Our property and hers were shared and it was our own oasis. The trees were hundreds of years old. We were surrounded by corn fields and across the street there was an old barn and a pond and beyond that was all forest. A local State Park was about a 15 minute drive from us. We had pear trees and apple trees. The yard was sort of a safe-haven for deer as well since we didn’t allow hunting in the property. Down the road there was the town of Waverly and it was a postcard of small town America. Just a deli, post office, general store, and a community center. It was perfect.
"We then made an offer to buy the house and the offer was just under the asking price and it was turned down.
"The house sat vacant for about a year and it was recently torn down by the owner.
"This zine is a tribute to the best years of my life and the quiet moments I photographed along the way. These photographs were taken on the property and in the surrounding area."

64 pages, color, 5.5" x 8.5" (half letter)

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“The Dead Cat’s Comfort”, or Wisdom leads Reason into the Nothing-Place. A storybook-style ars moriendi with advice on death and dying from my deceased cat, Wisdom. Remember: eine gute Geschichte ist ein mit einem Ende (a good story is one with an ending).
There's a short piece in German and English at the beginning, but the rest is in English. I just wanted to try and include some (probably not good) German as a nod to the original Ars Moriendi, which was written at Constance, Germany, and to my family's German-Jewish heritage.

12 pages, Color cover + B&W interior, 5.5" x 8.5" (half letter). Fall 2022.

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Digital copies for free/donation here.

Gavin Claiborne and Jimmy Lee have lost their ability to play metal. All hope is lost until they discover a prayer flyer with their name on it. Can they reignite the metal in their souls before it's too late?! A 24 hour comic based on a true story of insanity.

28 pages, B&W plus some red and a fancy red cover, 5.5" x 8.5" (half letter)

Everything in the distro is available for trades of all kinds! Email me: twentytwozines@gmail.com
Digital copies for free/donation here.