Lumpen #131: Annual Comics Issue

Lumpen #131 - The Comics Issue

The 2018 Comics issue was edited by Joe Tallarico and designed by Jeremiah Chiu of Studio Chew. With contributions and love from these amazing artists:

David Alvarado, Chema Skandal, Rylan Thompson, Kriss Stress, Mary Beth Brennan, Chloe Perkis, Sharmila Banerjee, Johnny Sampson, Nate Beaty, Ben Bertin, Kevin Budnik, Jessica Campbell, Danielle Chenette, Austin English, Krystal Difronzo, Margaux Duseigneur, Edie Fake, Leif Goldberg, Keith Herzik, Clay Hickson, Juliacks, Sarah Leitten, Ben Marcus, Marieke McClendon, Julie Murphy, Bred Rohloff, Ian Mcduffie, Max Morris, Paul Nudd, Otto Splotch, George Porteus, Grant Reynolds, Eddy Rivera, Joe Tallarico, Mike Taylor, Tim Tvedt, Luke Snobeck, two tone comix, Anya Davidson, Joakim Drescher, Allie Drew, Carrie Vinarsky, & Sarah Squirm.

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*** From the introduction ****

For the fourth all-comics issue of Lumpen Magazine we have asked the artists to consider the loose theme of “Future Worlds”. I’m happy to present what I think is our greatest and most un-conventional issue yet. Making comics takes an immense amount of concentration, time, and creativity. I’d like to thank all of our contributors for putting forth the effort to be a part of the issue. Presented here are a sequence of vignettes that offer peeks into these future realms that the artists’ have imagined. Considering the current socio-political situation I expected much darker divi-nations of what lies ahead for us as a civilization, but instead we have com-piled a colorful landscape that feels genuinely hopeful while representing the diverse surrealist weirdness that Lumpen comics have celebrated since the beginning.

Everyone represented here are people that I have come to realize as incredibly dedicated to their craft whether in comics or elsewhere. I am glad to watch this evolution in our community over time, and see how much better and also how unorthodox the artwork has become since the first comics issue that was itself largely an experiment. I like thinking that this vision of the future will be accurate in the fact that having unique and unusual ideas are encouraged to the point of be-coming what is customary. Hopefully you can en-joy giving your eyeballs a short break from your VR headset and enjoy this increasingly coveted physical imprint.

- Joe Tallarico Comics Editor