Neoglyphic Media, Bellingham, WA (2024)

02/22/2024

“Looking for the Cat - Issue 2” by Matthew Thurber ( ) is now available from the webstore 👼

Groomfiend the mouse detective traipses the coastlines of the Salish Sea in this new ongoing series, set in the region of the author’s adolescent upbringing and the publisher’s current home. A realist mystery steeped in a history researched, misremembered, and mythologized.

16 pages, 7.25” x 9”, Risograph printed with Bright Red, Cornflower, and Black covers, and interior pages in Burgundy, Federal Blue, and Crepusculine! Published in a public edition of 200 copies, with additional copies sent to the subscribers of Papa Thurber’s Patreon. 😻❣️

02/10/2024

I’m in the land of the original zine-makers and graphic storytellers of North America for this week, getting a crash course in speaking Spanish while I show publications from at the second 🌎📚

My small table section is also stacked with publications from other Northwest underground publishers as well as Mexican publishers, including .mx and I’ll be joined through the fair sporadically by and

The book fair is produced by in connection with

12/23/2023

I had the pleasure of designing and printing this project for the transnational record label, , which was produced in bilingual Spanish and English text, and includes a CD that slips into the jacket.

“In contemporary northeastern Mexico, it is known with certainty that the “picota” or “música de tambora” has been played since at least 1880. Although this makes it the oldest musical expression known from the region, few remnants have been found that reveal precise clues about its origin.” -Rene Velarde (translated and abridged from their essay)

The CD collects a series of field recordings of this rarely heard Mexican folk music, captured on tape in 1990, and collected here with a series of essays exploring the past and speculative futures of the music.

The original tapes were recorded by Raul Garcia Flores, and decades later landed in the hands of Transitory Tapes co-founder and experimental musician Patricio Coronado, who took creative liberties in mastering them. His essay, “Notes on Post-Production” closes the publication and exposes his process and connections with the music.

Special thanks to .mty and for their part in making this project possible.

“Tamborileros del Pastor”
7” x 7”, 22 pages with CD, printed with Federal Blue and Black inks on a Risograph GR-3770

Copies of this book/CD are available online from the webstore and from on , as well as from the newly launched RisoBookstore, a collaborative project spearheaded by .es and

12/16/2023

While in NYC I had a chance to see the latest show from one of my favorite artists! Kari Cholnoky’s “Horizontal Loader” features a bunch of her latest mutant creations that have been born somewhere between painting and sculpture. I’m posting a mix of detail and installation views here, but if you find yourself in NYC, best to go and see for yourself. The exhibition is currently on view through January 13th via 🤩

12/09/2023

NYC! I’m here for the next couple days, exhibiting at

The last time I visited NY was in 2019, in a quartet of cross-country travel that seemed likely to wash me up on the East coast… but it would seem the pandemic had other plans for me.

It’s amazing to visit again, and to find recognition and friendship in this magical and complicated city at the heart of the monster that is America. I’m hyped to connect with new people and show all the books made since my last visit! Huge shoutout to of for hosting my adventure, and publishing some beautiful stuff on the other side of the turtle.

12/08/2023

Sounding for Harry Smith by Bret Lunsford is being distributed through , published by Lunsford’s own imprint,

This book takes the subject of polymath artist, archivist, and cult figure, Harry Everett Smith, at it’s center, and uncovers a history of Bellingham and Anacortes, where Smith spent his early years. Smith lived in an Anacortes cannery, amidst a community of eccentric settlers, and frequently arranged meetings with the neighboring Lummi and Nooksack tribes to document some of their songs and stories, and collect cultural artifacts, which were collected and assembled in a museum-like display within the defunct cannery warehouse of Smith’s family.

Fastidiously researched by author Bret Lunsford, who some may recognize from his days in the band or from his time operating , this is likely the most exhaustive history that will ever be written of Harry Everett Smith, and this book becomes as much a regional history as a biography of its central figure.

2023 would have been Harry Smith’s 100th birthday, and the is currently presenting the first ever career retrospective of his work, including many public performances, since it’s opening on October 4th.

11/25/2023

Excerpts from the upcoming “Tetanos 5”, edited by Abraham Diaz ) and published by ! Pre-orders are now open via the webstore 💣

The fifth issue of Abraham Diaz’ celebrated Tetanos magazine includes drawings and comics from:
• Pakito Bolino
• Zven Balslev
• Roberta Scomparsa
• Park Junwoo
• Johannes Stahl
• Virgil Finlay
• Elisa Malo
• Dewey Guyen
• Leo Quilevreaux
• Kusozu
• Olaf Ladousse
• Abraham Diaz
• Pepa Prieto Puy
• Marti

Additionally included is a Spanish translation by Mafer Lartigue of the article “The Man Behind the Pen: Finlay”, authored by Ken Feduniewicz and originally published in English in Mediascene magazine in 1979. And HAZ returns with another installment of his column “Manchas y Ruido”, which on this occasion presents an interview conducted with Marti, one of the most underrated masters of 20th century European underground comics.

56 pages, 6.7” x 8.4”, 3-color offset printed with Pantone spot Red, Yellow and Black, saddle-stapled 🖤

The official launch will be at for Press Play 2023 📚

11/25/2023

Excerpts from the upcoming “Tetanos 5”, edited by Abraham Diaz ) and published by ! Pre-orders are now open via the webstore 💣

The fifth issue of Abraham Diaz’ celebrated Tetanos magazine includes drawings and comics from:
• Pakito Bolino
• Zven Balslev
• Roberta Scomparsa
• Park Junwoo
• Johannes Stahl
• Virgil Finlay
• Elisa Malo
• Dewey Guyen
• Leo Quilevreaux
• Kusozu
• Olaf Ladousse
• Abraham Diaz
• Pepa Prieto Puy
• Marti

Additionally included is a Spanish translation by Mafer Lartigue of the article “The Man Behind the Pen: Finlay”, authored by Ken Feduniewicz and originally published in English in Mediascene magazine in 1979. And HAZ returns with another installment of his column “Manchas y Ruido”, which on this occasion presents an interview conducted with Marti, one of the most underrated masters of 20th century European underground comics.

56 pages, 6.7” x 8.4”, 3-color offset printed with Pantone spot Red, Yellow and Black, saddle-stapled 🖤

The official launch will be at for Press Play 2023 📚

11/22/2023

“Tetanos 5” edited by Abraham Diaz ) is now available for pre-sale from !

The fifth issue of Abraham Diaz’ celebrated Tetanos magazine arrives three years since the last issue, including drawings and comics from: Pakito Bolino, Zven Balslev, Roberta Scomparsa, Park Junwoo, Johannes Stahl, Virgil Finlay, Elisa Malo, Dewey Guyen, Leo Quilevreaux, Kusozu, Olaf Ladousse, Abraham Diaz, Pepa Prieto Puy and Marti!

Additionally included is a Spanish translation by Mafer Lartigue of the article “The man behind the pen: Finlay”, authored by Ken Feduniewicz and originally published in English in Mediascene magazine in 1979. And HAZ returns with another installment of his column “Manchas y Ruido”, which on this occasion presents an interview conducted with Marti, one of the most underrated masters of 20th century European underground comics.

56 pages, 6.7” x 8.4”, 3-color offset printed with Pantone spot Red, Yellow and Black, saddle-stapled 🖤

The official launch will be at for Press Play 2023 📚

11/16/2023

For the second year in a row had it’s own daily newspaper, the Sh’Daily Chronicle, featuring self-mythologizing news and reviews from the previous day’s happenings, along with games, drawings, calls-to-action, an open-submission gossip column, and the schedule for the day ahead! 💥📰💥

The editorial staff consisted of and Belle (are you on Instagram?), along with artistic contributions from .fruit 🖤

Each day the paper was written, edited, and manually pasted up, then printed with various inks on a Risograph GR-3770 duplicator and distributed throughout the festival!

The newspaper was once again a resounding favorite of the festival and rumors around the water coolers suggest that the editors are already planning to bring it back in 2024!

11/09/2023

Recent beauty in books joining my studio shelves! Most of these were acquired while exhibiting with at recent book fairs, such as and Thanks to the organizers that make these things possible! Artists and publishers are tagged in the photos when possible 🤩

I’m hitting a new stride lately and inspired by the community I’ve found myself in 📚

10/31/2023

Two recent books from Tiger Tateishi are now available from the webstore 🐯💚

📚A Tiger in the Land of Dreams - 34 pages, the first English-language edition of a 1984 picture book. A journey through a surreal land with Torakichi, a constantly-morphing green tiger, simultaneously an animal and a plant.

📚 Cheat Sheets - 100 pages of beautifully illustrated abstract and dreamy comics. Co-published by

These were both published by the beautifully curated

10/02/2023

A selection of recent portraits, selfies, and images I identify with, on the occasion of my birthday 🍰

1. Taken right before played at this year’s and the first time I’d seen her since I was a teenager and she adorned my leg cast with a large and questionable drawing 😂 Photo by .poncedeleon

2. Excerpt from a recent police report.

3. Recent selfie that reminds me of a album cover 🍑🕳🏄‍♂️

4. How I feel during grass pollen season every year…

5. Exhibiting with at this year’s LA Art Book Fair!

09/28/2023

Two recent books from Japanese master of pop surrealism, Keiichi Tanaami ( ) are available in the US from the webstore 🤘🖤

📚Tears of Dreams - 24 pages, offset printed, published for a 2019 exhibition at Kunstmuseum Luzern with

📚 Pleasure of Picasso - 24 pages, offset printed, supported by

These have been imported from the Swiss publisher,

08/22/2023

My much-belated thanks to the for their invitation to create the installation for their first year festival!

Po-Mo Pulp is a series of zines published by Neoglyphic Media, exhibited alongside conceptually-related original work, intended to expand the context of the publications. The visionary nature of the artists involved grinds against the subversive voice of the underground and begs for further exploration along the line of where low-brow or pulp media crosses over into fine art.

The exhibition featured artists: Amanda Vähämäki (Finland), Lale Westvind (Philadelphia, PA), Drew Miller (Albuquerque, NM), Leomi Sadler (London, England, UK), Marc Bell (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Matt Lock (Clifton, NJ), Stefan Gruber (Seattle, WA)

Thanks also due to my Seattle host and partner in verbal acuity, ✨ to my build assistant, Margaret, and to the ever-helpful .glasse

06/12/2023

"Miles of Slime and Smiles" by Joe Grillo ( ) is now available via

124 pages, offset printed, perfect bound with foil stamped cover, 8.25" x 10.5", edition of 500 📚 Edited by Ben Furgal, with a foreword by Jim Drain (.info ).

Joe Grillo is a force of nature unleashed on the page! This collection captures an iconic body of Grillo’s work, assembling drawings used to make his contributions to the legendary Paper Rodeo newspaper. Presented here as a facsimile of the original sketchbook, alongside all of the full-page collages that appeared in Paper Rodeo. "Miles of Slime and Smiles" is the largest body of the artist’s work to be published; a snapshot of Grillo catching a wave, released on the 20th anniversary of its creation.

If you live near a good bookstore, you can walk in and ask them to get a copy for you! Some of the best bookstores already have copies in stock:
• Beguiling (Toronto, ON)
• Copacetic Comics (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Dale Zine (Miami, FL)
• Desert Island (NYC)
• Floating World (Portland, OR)
• Gosh! (London)
• Gutter Pop (Buffalo, NY)
• Howling Pages (Chicago, IL)
• Partners & Son (Philadelphia, PA)
• Printed Matter (NYC)

05/13/2023

Excerpts from "Miles of Slime and Smiles" by Joe Grillo ( ), co-published by Neoglyphic Media and Magic Pictures ✨

"Miles of Slime and Smiles" collects the entirety of Joe Grillo's sketchbook by the same name, worked in between June-October 2003, during the hight of the legendary underground newspaper, Paper Rodeo. The work in this sketchbook formed the basis for many of the full-page collages that Grillo would create for Paper Rodeo, using a process of photocopying sketchbook pages and collaging to recombine their elements into new compositions.

All of the full-page pieces that Grillo contributed to Paper Rodeo are reprinted here in an addended section, along with adjacent multimedia collage work drawn from the same source material.

124 pages, offset printed, perfect bound with foil stamped cover, 8.25" x 10.5", edition of 500 📚 Edited by Ben Furgal, with a foreword by Jim Drain (.info ).

Copies are now available to order from the Neoglyphic Media webstore:
www.NeoglyphicMedia.com

04/13/2023

"Miles of Slime and Smiles" by Joe Grillo ( ) is now available for pre-sale via

124 pages, offset printed, perfect bound with foil stamped cover, 8.25" x 10.5", edition of 500 📚 Edited by Ben Furgal, with a foreword by Jim Drain (.info ).

Joe Grillo is a force of nature unleashed on the page. This collection captures an iconic body of Grillo’s work, assembling drawings used to make his contributions to the legendary Paper Rodeo newspaper. Presented here as a facsimile of the original sketchbook, alongside all of the full-page collages that appeared in Paper Rodeo. "Miles of Slime and Smiles" is the largest body of the artist’s work to be published; a snapshot of Grillo catching a wave, released on the 20th anniversary of its creation.

This book is co-published by Neoglyphic Media and Magic Pictures, a Philadelphia-based gallery and performance venue. It will be released on May 6th, and premiere at the inaugural Seattle Art Book Fair, with a simultaneous launch in Philadelphia via Magic Pictures! Pre-orders will ship out the following week ~

03/18/2023

“Flow Form Speciman” by Lale Westvind ( ) is available from better bookstores, and online from

A taxonomy of volcanic forms and machine intrusions into biomorphic landscapes. An elemental work of painted abstraction from one of the most dynamic cartoonists of our generation! 💥🌋🌱

20 pages, full color offset and saddle-stapled pamphlet, 8.25” x 10.5”, edition of 1000

Thanks to for inviting Lale Westvind to be a special guest at their 2022 festival, where this book premiered in November!

Copies will be available at via ✨

03/15/2023

“BUSTED” is the new album by Seagull Invasion! It was released online via along with a visual album published to accompany the record, collecting 48 drawings printed single-sided in three-color Risograph and perfect bound (with die-cut dust jacket) in an edition of 100 copies, co-published by with and released for 2022 ✨

This is the second visual album published in collaboration and has already sold out from Neoglyphic Media, but is still available via on Bandcamp: https://seagullinvasion.bandcamp.com/album/busted

“BUSTED” was recorded live, to tape, in MONO, with a single microphone, pointed towards a single amp, using small electronics crammed in the corner of a small room in Brooklyn, NY (Winter, 2021). One track was conceived in a cabin sinking in to a hot rotting bog on my time off while working at a summer camp in Wyalusing, PA (Summer, 2021). Overdubs were recorded with the help of Briana Marela in a slanted room at the Slanted House in Oakland, CA (Fall, 2022). Mastered by Vasilis Fotopoulos and released in November 2022.

03/13/2023

“Boutique Mag 5” collects various additive and redactive drawings by Marc Bell ( ). It was co-published by and Bell’s personal imprint, , and first offered at the 2022 festival and sold out from the publisher within two days of being listed online with no announcement.

24 pages, laser printed and saddle-stapled pamphlet, 5” x 8”, edition of 100 numbered copies

The last copies have just been made available from Marc Bell’s webstore, and copies may still be available from select stores/galleries in the USA:::
• (NYC)
• .space (Oakland, CA)
• (Pittsburgh, PA)

11/10/2022

PoMo PULP Independent Press Popup at Oakland Secret, featuring Sonatina Comics, Krusty Wheatfield, Neoglyphic Media and MORE ✨📚✨

FREE ADMISSION! Indie Press Micro-Fair and Art Exhibition! 🚀

“BUSTED” album and book launch, with a performance from 🔊

Animation showcase, curated by Cullen Beckhorn 📽

Performance by Unemployed Somnambulist 🎶

09/09/2022

“Pixie Lice” by Amanda Vähämäki ( ) is available from better bookstores, and online from

A modern folktale of trolls and fae creatures, spun from the pen of masterful Finnish cartoonist, Amanda Vähämäki. Though she has remained quietly and continually active in her home country, Pixie Lice is her first work for an English audience since the 2007 publication of The Bun Field by Drawn & Quarterly.

“Amanda Vähämäki may be my favorite artist. I love to be in the worlds she makes. I feel like a guest there, but it feels like a dream of an unknown new home. All the corners are round and the ground is wet with rain and mushrooms. The big world mists and blows around outside but life unfolds in a small heated room with mysteries gently passing through.” — Phil Elverum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie) ( )

“It feels good to move through these pages of youthful/magic/discovery-laden enchantment that a rare artist like [Vähämäki] or Sendak is wildly skilled at capturing. Her line cannot be beat. Her figure is so alive, hair for hair, line for line.” — Sean Christensen ( )

20 pages, full color offset and saddle-stapled pamphlet, 8.25” x 10.5”, edition of 1000

Thanks to for premiering this book in the USA, and to and for bringing Amanda with collective, and hosting an exhibition of the original artwork during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival!