zine review:
Ganglion #2
GangLion, the comics-zine brainchild of Georgia Webber and David Missio, is “a semi-annual zine focused on publishing newcomers to the medium of comics.” Committed to inclusiveness and encouraging new comic artists, with a mandate to never decline a submission, one might expect the work published in gangLion to be rather hit-and-miss. The truth is just the opposite: in beautiful yet simple packaging, the zine’s second issue hosts 14 artists with diverse styles and sentiments. The comics found in gangLion range from absurd humour to sin-gle-panelled, wordless and touching illustrations. What’s particularly impressive is that the collection houses this diversity with comfort and ease–nothing appears out of place. Issue two is a split theme, with half the artists playing with the notion of “country,” while the rest of their peers focus their attention to depicting scenes and stories of “city.” True to gangLion’s core values of inclusiveness and difference, the artists’ interpretations of these themes are as various as their styles. (Clara Lavery)
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