No. 2

This is a handmade zine produced and published in 2021 by Push Pull Press (oh wait that's me)

It's a collection of works from creative folks from all over, and as the name implies an ode to graphite based mark making. I didn't have a theme or set many limitations on contributors, it simply had to be graphite based and my plan was to keep them all to scale as originally drawn. From there folks were invited to submit drawings, sketches, doodles, rants, poems, grocery lists etc. People then mailed originals or sent scans and from there I took over. Managing the entire project from top to bottom, concept to completion.

You can read more about the project in the ABOUT section here, and much of the process and shenanigans is documented on my Instagram account linked at bottom of the page.

Issue No. 5 and 6 are the final two in the series as a tribute to the six sided hexagonal mark making device itself. There is still some space left in those and expecting submissions from hopefuls and ongoing conversations in the "i'm working on it" department. I aim to have them done by the Holidays...but you cant rush creative folks.

- edition of 120ish
- 5 1/4" x 8 1/4"
- 32 pages of creative content from 24 contributors
- Covers were letterpess printed on 65 lb cover stock with metallic ink
- Interior pages were photocopied on 60 lb text weight paper
- Saddle stapled with 3/8" corners cut

Issue No. 2 features (in order of appearance):

john herndon
travis millard
russ pope
porous walker
black adder press
brent wick
griffin mcpartland
rich jacobs
crustcoach
tallboy
burrito breath
jai tanju
buddy nichols
lisa sussmannnnn
agrapedope
andy jenkins
black adder press
porous walker
daisuke tanaka
griffin mcfartland
fernando elvira
lisa sussman
kevin wilkins
rick charnoski
russ pope
tom blosch
tom blosch (again)
the other fudge
brian lutz

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