2025 STARTED HARD AND FAST FOR EVERYONE. I LAUNCHED IT WITH MY FIRST COLLABORATIVE ZINE WITH AN OPEN INVITE, ALLOWING ANYONE FROM ANYWHERE TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN UNDER THE THEME "PROPULSION"
LOOKING TO SEE OUTWARDS FROM THE FORECASTED DOOM AND GLOOM, PROPULSION EXPLORES THE WAYS WE CAN PUSH OURSELVES THROUGH HARD TIMES. FROM VENTING COMICS, SOURCES OF INSPIRATION, INSIGHTS ABOUT ARGUMENTATIVE FALLACIES, TO WHATEVER GIVES US THE WARM FUZZIES, EACH SUBMITTED PIECE PROVIDES A SLICE OF SOMETHING SWEET IN A SEA OF BITTER.
20 ARTISTS MADE THE FINAL CUT, AND WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REFUEL WITH US.
CREDITS:
CREATED, CURATED, AND LAYOUT BY ELLIE REIS
Memories of LA BY CLAIRE CHO
Takes the Village BY JOEY STUPOR
Transmutation BY NOEL NGUYEN
PROPULSiON SENSORY WEAR BY ELLIE REIS
Soft Heart BY ALEXA TERRY
No Idea BY EUGENE MOON
Gotta Stick Together BY MARY HUBBERT
Cut thru the Noise BY SPLIFF & BEZEL
Where do I Find Hope? BY JENNA SHIHADY
Hope BY LEELA TRUMBO
RYLEE
Propulsion/Progress BY SANDRO ORTEGA-RIEK
A Smile BY KRISTINE
The Sun BY ZURAWIE
Heat Death BY TV-MA
Our Chains and Empire of Sand BY JYSTRSACCULT
Raised by Cartoons BY GRETA BUTLER
My Relationship with Music BY WEILAND
Making Anti-Capitalist Art BY TANNER MCEVEETY
The Dark Arts of Persuasion and the Mystic Secrets of Critical Thinking BY MAE WILSON