*graffiti >> the writing's on the wall...and the jeans...and the t-shirt
by robert hinchcliffe

"Graffiti is rooted in a tradition of stylistic independence and as a result artists who have developed within this environment tend instinctively to produce work that is immediately identifiable as their own."

*21st century diseases >> stealth trends II
by john shirley

"Sure, I'm going to talk about terrifying nightmarish disease scenarios in the 21st century but hey, it's going to be a great century, honest it is. For example, we won't need transplant donors soon--organs will be grown to order for you from your own DNA."

*religious discourse >> austin jesus
by michelle godwin

"Media, motivational speakers, and college professors all reiterate the American dream, which, somehow, no longer is defined by personal success, health, and happiness, but by three-car garages, corporate America, and the purchasing power of cold, hard cash and an occasional credit card."

*cross-cultural platform >> the untold story of an arabian princess
in north america
by tina francis

"In the honor of my exodus my father held a huge feast and we ate of the fattened calf. After traveling by camels for seven suns, we reached Baghdad by the morn of the eighth sun. And lo, before my eyes was Allah in the form of a great white dove."

*review >> queen of the black black - by megan kelso
by austin english

"Megan Kelso's work has a refreshing directness, similar to other female cartoonists such as Julie Doucet or Aline Kominsky. But Kelso takes this directness further, which is unmistakable in her non-pondering, to-the-point short stories from her self-published (and, of course, Xeric funded) comic "Girlhero.""