Sybil Press

31/12/2024

FAKE NEW YORKER VOL. 5 (2024)

Fake New Yorker Vol. 5: The Existential Ballpit

Finally. The return of Fake New Yorker. After spending a year traveling the country, gathering signs (and probably stealing a few), Carrie Rennolds is back, weaving absurdist humor with emotional reflection. Fake New Yorker Vol. 5 dissects the signs and symbols of modern culture—both literal and figurative. From the biting irony of "Yuc-ee's" signs that mock commercialism to meditations on sorrow, joy, and creativity, this issue balances irreverence and intimacy.

Dive into surreal maps of places like “Goth Gardens,” explore self-aware commentaries on intellectual property and imagination, and laugh at parodies like Grizzly Man: The Musical. Then, let the magazine take you further with personal vignettes and insights like: “I think sorrow is just the duality of loss and connection.”

This issue examines how marketing and advertising shape our world—using humor and reflection to expose their absurdity while offering something more human underneath. Whether you're here for the satire or the humanity, Fake New Yorker Vol. 5 is a must-have for fans of anarchistic comics, cultural critique, and existential whimsy. Let’s jump into the ballpit together!

Welcome back. Carrie Rennolds

31/12/2024

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THE BOOK OF MEDITATIONS (2024)

Where "The Book of Cannibals" examined the ways we consume and transform influence through art and style, Norberto Gomez Jr.'s "The Book of Meditations" turns inward to chronicle an intimate spiritual and artistic journey across three American landscapes - West Virginia's Gateless Meditation Center, Austin's Zen Center, and moments of solitude in Baltimore. A decade later, they explore the territories of loss, longing, and transformation through both word and image.

Through typewritten entries and stark black-and-white illustrations, the text weaves between zen practice, quantum physics, and raw emotional terrain. "In my darkest times, the ones so hard to explain, but where I am the most frightened, lost, meaningless, and falling, falling eaten up by some black worm of why does it all matter anyway-ness or am I going to make it out of this alive-ness," speaks to the heart of this deeply personal work that moves far beyond their previous theoretical explorations.

Their distinctive ink drawings - featuring recurring motifs of many-eyed figures, dissociating forms, and grasping hands - create a visual dialogue that deepens the meditative experience. Unlike the theoretical stance of their previous work, these images and writings emerge from direct encounters with loss, presence, and the mystery of consciousness itself.

This limited edition of hardbound books, published by Sybil Press in 2024, was screen printed and bound by book artist Jillian Gomez. The striking red covers and carefully sewn signatures with pink thread create an intimate art object that matches the vulnerability of its contents.

hand bound, hardcover, risograph and screen print, 7 × 7 inches, 66 pp

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