A morning short short, written after breakfast coffee along the Aegean. Browsing an art gallery, on the way out, I happened to point out to a gentleman that I got a sense was part of the gallery, on a piece being, by the way, particularly stunning. “Why, thank you,” he said. I stopped in the…
Category: New Release
Graymalkin Lane Podcast: The Grey Family
Now available to the public, The Graymalkin Podcast where I talk all about The Greys with host Chad. We dig deep into the family of the Phoenix, including topics of familial genocide and intergenerational trauma. Always a pleasure to be a guest on this show, hitting heavy topics as well as light-hearted fun episodes.
Jean, Janus and Comic Book Realism: 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize Lecture
“Jean, Janus and Comic Book Realism”… Happy to share the recording Cyrus did of my Janus Prize Lecture and Ceremony at the Chautauqua Institution! It includes some snapshots at the end, highlighting how the Institution honors and celebrates its artists. The lecture is a trip down wormholes, genre-bending, comic book realism, Nuyorican & Puerto Rican…
Released: The Funeral Singer
So proud of this new chapter in my life. My first artists’ book, and first publication for Janus Point Press: The Funeral Singer, published September 13th 2022. Limited edition artists’ book with foil stamping, custom silk book sleeve and curated arts and reading list, lightly scented in frankincense and myrrh. A story with an Einstein-Rosen…
Out soon: WinC Magazine Issues 1-3 in PRINT
Women in Comics Collective International (WinC) is print publishing the 1st 3 issues of their magazine this month. Full-of-heart editorial letters, prose, poetry, comics. I have a comic in #1 with Rafael Romeo Magat (51 Solstice). While we wait… reviews go a long way for a group doing great things: Uplifting women in comics, paying…
Graymalkin Lane Podcast: X-Men 47, Featuring Phillip Kennedy Johnson
A wonderful time had on this podcast with host Chat, Seth Martel and Phillip Kennedy Johnson. This X-Men was a riot to review. I’ve spent more time in the East Village this month in this comic and the zine fair than my entire NYC life. While there is much to say about mentalists, Orientalism, dating…
Announcing Janus Point Press
Above quote by Russell Maret, Private-Press Printer and Type Designer A natural progression of Zoe Health (art meets public health) seems to be: Janus Point Press Welcome my boutique imprint, which aims not just to house selected works of my own as indie comics creators do, but also special print collections of others that support…
Gumercinda’s Flower Out in WinC’s March Equinox Issue
Find a new story of mine in Women in Comics’s March Equinox Issue “Blooming” released today. “Gumercinda’s Flower” is a quick bloom at 300 words, but contains a universe. Check out the issue’s fun comics, poetry and prose celebrating Spring. Digital available at their shop, Amazon Kindle and Global Comix. https://msha.ke/wincnyc/#links-6
LAUNCHED! Zine100 on Kickstarter
We are LIVE with our campaign to fund #Zine100, the zine with tips on “HOW NOT TO BE COLONIZED BY OUTREACH PROGRAMS: A HOW TO ZINE ON WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO OFFER YOU STUFF.” Today is the day for Kermit arms! The day you backers with enthusiasm and who don’t need the loooooong sale’s pitch…
Zine100, a PROJECT WE LOVE, Launches 1/19/22 on Kickstarter
A smile for the first day of the year 2022: My upcoming Make100 Kickstarter public health zine is a PROJECT WE LOVE at the start gate. Zine100: How Not To Be Colonized by Outreach Programs is a how-to zine on working with people who offer you stuff. It provides basic groundwork for making sure your…
