Let’s Talk About Bruno 2/10 Movie Chat

Join me and my other half in some movie deconstruction! Themes of intergenerational trauma, immigration and displacement. Open discussion. Hosted by Zine100 and Zoe Health, LLC. Thursday Feb 10th 8pm EST. Free registration at: https://tinyurl.com/letstalkaboutbruno

Locus Magazine: Recommended Sci-fi & Fantasy 2021

Great news for our anthology Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: it made Locus Magazine’s Recommended Sci-fi and Fantasy of 2021 list! JEAN is my story in this, prose. When Marvel comics are your star map to navigate the landscape of Nuyorico, ripe with wormholes. https://locusmag.com/2022/02/2021-recommended-reading-list/Jean Art by cuz Aaron Guzman (for our stuff, not in anthology)

Join us on StoryComic 2/1 8pm

Back with Barney! Join me live Tuesday February 1st 2022 8pm EST to talk about Zine100 on Kickstarter, public health and who knows? Join the chat live, say hello, ask questions about the Kickstarter, or catch the recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogcVEaPWuPYor https://www.facebook.com/243538294447731/posts/325993132868913

LAUNCHED! Zine100 on Kickstarter

We are LIVE with our campaign to fund #Zine100, the zine with tips on “HOW NOT TO BE COLONIZED BY OUTREACH PROGRAMS: A HOW TO ZINE ON WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO OFFER YOU STUFF.” Today is the day for Kermit arms! The day you backers with enthusiasm and who don’t need the loooooong sale’s pitch…

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NYPL Recommends Covid Chronicles: A Comics Anthology

More cheers for COVID Chronicles, making New York Public Library’s “50 New Must-Read Comics. My stories in this with Seth Martel and Aaron Guzman are “Small Acts” and “Seasons of the City”. Multiple copies are available throughout the NYPL library system.

Zine100, a PROJECT WE LOVE, Launches 1/19/22 on Kickstarter

A smile for the first day of the year 2022: My upcoming Make100 Kickstarter public health zine is a PROJECT WE LOVE at the start gate. Zine100: How Not To Be Colonized by Outreach Programs is a how-to zine on working with people who offer you stuff. It provides basic groundwork for making sure your…

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New Review: COVID Chronicles, with a “Seasons of the City” nod

A nice review in Comics Grinder of Covid Chronicles: A Comics Anthology. “Seasons of The City” a comic by Aaron Guzman and me, gets a nice highlight. Covid, apartment living, history of housing, family stories and love and community here. Plus aliens.  Plenty of pop references. “Here are some examples that demonstrate the broad spectrum…

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COVID Chronicles Named a Best Graphic Novel of 2021 by Washington Post

A big congrats to @graphicmundi and #CoVidChronicles contributors. The Washington Post named it one of ten best graphic novels of 2021. Seth Martel, Aaron Guzman and I have stories in this, Small Acts and Seasons of The City.in a year I/we have so much life, it is fitting that these life stories get communal light, and warms the heart….

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Finalist at Canzine2021: Broken Pencil Zine Awards

Absolutely tickled that one of my zines is shortlisted in the Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2021 Contest happening now at Canzine2021! The event brings zinesters together from Canada, the US and the world.  HOW TO TALK TO WELLI ABOUT GOYA If you have a cursing grandma or relative resistant to changing brands that are supporting politicians…

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