Portland, Oregon
based artist
Molly Mendoza
first grabbed my attention
after she created a graphic
novel surrounding
the Voyager mission.
Turning the historically
accurate journey
into a hallucinatory
space dream
had me hooked
from the first page.
She completed Voyage in 2014
for her senior thesis
at Pacific Northwest
School of Art.
You can grab
the stunning beauty
in PDF form
for free here.
Her website
really is a goldmine,
full of zines
and collaborations
and commissions
that impress
regardless of topic
or style.
One of
the more minimal
releases is a zine
of her sketches,
all from 2016.
While the zine
is currently sold out,
you can enjoy
plenty of excerpts
on her website.
“Cause is also a story about stress, forgetfulness, depression, and reassurance. We all have our bad days and our worst days but there are people in our lives who genuinely have our backs.”
Most recently,
Ms. Mendoza
released the zine
known as Cause.
Described as
'a short comic
about a pewter knight
who tries to save
a homeowner from their
carnivorous plants',
the 24 page
limited run
is a diamond
in the rough.
All proceeds for this run will be donated to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. You can grab a copy here.
