Recent zine mail
Check out these zines I got recently. 📬
Carrier Pigeon Quarterly - Spring 2025 by @joe.hohman is a guide to zines and comics that recently came out.
Food Worker - March 2025 by @deadramoneszine
Surprise zines from @seagreenzines 😃
New zine from @warglitter
A few zines from @my_name_is_ryan (Pocket Thoughts)
New zine from Robin Sloan (It’s a big tri-fold. Nice format.)
Issue 2 of Pouch arrived, and it looks amazing! The bunnies! This issue includes product reviews, journaling tips, and lots of page layouts for inspiration. Check out @pouch.studio on Instagram.
At some point in the last month or so, I read a blog post (or a newsletter?) about someone who journals both digitally and on paper. They collect screenshots and images in a document. When the page is full, they print it out and paste the images into a paper notebook.
I wanted to revisit that post, but I can’t remember where I read that. It might have been on Warren Ellis’s website (or newsletter). But I scrolled back a few months and did not find it.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Related – If you do something similar…collect stuff digitally and then print it to paste into a notebook…what’s your process like?
I found out about doodle grids, just randomly, and my brain is all 🤯
Longwood Gardens in March
Last weekend I went to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. I’ve been there several times in the summer and once in the winter. But never in March. Not much to see outside at this time of year, so here are photos from the conservatories.





The benefits of POSSE and newsletters
I’ve been using Substack to send my monthly newsletter for the past 3 years. I wanted to change to a different platform, and I wanted to remove my posts from Substack.
I reviewed my past issues on Substack to see if there was any content I wanted to keep. I wasn’t interested in re-creating past newsletter issues, but if there was something worth keeping, I could turn it into a blog post.
But here’s the thing.
The way I build my newsletter issues aligns with POSSE. I post to my sites during the month, and then I select from there what goes into the newsletter. I do add some notes, but not info that’s worth keeping (like brief commentaries on movies or TV shows I watched).
Sometimes I include zine previews in my newsletter, but eventually that info makes its way to a blog post later.
There wasn’t anything I had to migrate out of my Substack posts, because the main newsletter content comes from my sites.
This is probably my best personal example (so far) of the benefits of POSSE. Leaving Substack wasn’t a lot of work because the content I wanted to keep was already on my sites, and not exclusively on Substack.
If you’re interested in signing up for my newsletter, you can subscribe on Mythical Type.
Robin Sloan opened a shop to sell his zines. 😍
I added a few new links to my Resources page. New additions are marked with a ✨.
I updated my Now page. ✨
📺 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (streaming on Disney+)
I really like the animation style! The colors and character designs are very inline with classic comic book art.
No spoilers, but it seems like this Peter Parker is in a different universe from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. It’s interesting to watch out for differences.
I added a couple links to my postroll page. ✨
My February newsletter is out.
In this issue:
- Astronaut Food zine
- Lancaster Zine Fest
- More zine things
- What I’ve been watching
Finished reading: Crossover Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw 📚 I liked the premise, but I’m not sure I’ll read more of this series.
Updated my Now page. ✨
Friendly reminders
This has been a tough week, especially in the U.S., especially if you’re not a straight white male.
Here are some friendly reminders from me. It’s not much in the grand scheme of things, but I hope it helps.
You’re the only person who decides who you are.
No one gets to define your gender. The way you were raised doesn’t have to define your current beliefs. Your family and your friends don’t determine what kind of person you are. You decide who you are, and you can change whatever you want, whenever you want.
You are worthy exactly as you are.
Other people’s standards are other people’s standards. They don’t have to be a measure for you. Your value does not depend on how much you do (or don’t) work. It does not depend on how much you do (or don’t) rest. It does not depend on how, when, or if you meet stereotypical life milestones.
I support you.
Everyone deserves a life where they are happy, safe, loved, and cared for. I support freedom and equality for all people, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, disability, or religious beliefs.
If it feels too big, make it small.
Life can get overwhelming in a lot of ways, for a lot of reasons. When you have a lot to deal with, try to find ways to break down what you have to do. Focus on one task. Ask for help with one thing. Plan for one day. Taking small steps is totally fine. You got this.
Make a little something
I saw lots of posts this week with recommendations to make something as a way to help with feelings of sadness, frustration, disappointment, anger…but I didn’t set aside time to make something until today.
I made a collage on an index card. I used outer-space related imagery that was already on my desk, because of a zine I’m slowly working on.
It’s a small collage and it didn’t take much time, but yeah, it helped.
My January newsletter is out.
In this issue:
- Spaced Out zine
- Annual lists: books, movies, and zines
- Some thoughts on mainstream social media and having your own place on the web
A lot of my friends on Instagram are moving to Bluesky. I’m debating starting a Bluesky account vs. not starting an account but following friends through Micro.blog. 🤔
Even if I started a Bluesky account, I would be mostly cross-posting from Micro.blog. Same as I do with Mastodon now.
🍿 I watched First Man today.
Making a movie about real events can be difficult because the audience likely knows the outcome of the story. The movie felt boring to me most of the time. But despite that, I recognize the cast was great, and the filmmakers included a lot of details to make the movie authentic to real life.