#6 issue deadline extended

we're extending our deadline 

for submissions for our 6th issue:

we've gotten lots of great stuff 

but we want more!

new official deadline:

sunday 22nd !

if you'd like to submit

but aren't sure this is enough time,

 just drop us a line!

taffyhips@gmail.com

keep it coming 

& check for updates soon!

slime time

im looking to start a min-comic and might start posting sections of it each week in order to give myself some kind of deadline. keep yr eyes peeled?

submit !

submissions are coming in ! 

to submit to issue #6, email taffyhips@gmail.com

deadline is friday the 13th of november

issue will include lots of comics, lots of art

& interviews with will sweeney & otherz

photo-documenation (part one)

here are some photographs my friend zoe took at the taffy hips #5 release party at ada books last week. these are part of her on-going project photo-documenting providence.

all photographs (c) zoe kraus, 2009.

ambergris

here are some photos of matthew thurber performing as ambergris
(in providence this fall at waste not want not)
this doesn't really do his orange outfit justice though
he usurped my chair and is crouching on it


and it was good

(also pictured: mindy stock of jellin and wide on)
photos taken by zoe kraus

Taffy Hips #6 :: announcement

we are now accepting submissions for the upcoming issue

Taffy Hips #6 !

real deal: 300dpi, grayscale tiff files, via email or yousendit

pages: 11x17 full pages, or smaller partial pages

ok: taffyhips@gmail.com

battleaxe: deadline is friday the 13th of november 2009

yes, yes, yes

GO WILD !

Russian Cyberpunk Larping

<3 <3 <3

thanks to all who could come out for the release parties!

it sure was swell. {evident soon}

you can get copies at desert island or ada books.

also: from our online shoppe linked on the right!

thanks again, keep submitting!

Providence Issue #5 Release Party !!

PROVIDENCE RELEASE PARTY

ADA BOOKS

717 WESTMINSTER ST.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 7 - 9 PM

ISSUE #5 RELEASE! COPIES ONLY $2 

+ BACK ISSUES, #2 & #3

further details /here/ rsvp if you like 

ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE <3

###5

!! they're here & they're beautiful !!

RELEASE PARTY REALITY

 

TOMORROW NIGHT 7-9 

DESERT ISLAND -- BROOKLYN 

BRING PALS 

Issue #5 Release Party

Issue #5 RELEASE PARTY will be this FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 

at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn, NY from 7-9pm

Come by and pick up a copy of Issue #5, + back issues, zines, et al.

Many of the artists will be attending !

(( details here ))

COME SUPPORT TAFFY HIPS AS WE CELEBRATE 1 YR IN PRINT !

ISSUE # 5

IT'S OFF TO THE PRESSES !

Taffy Hips Issue # 5 will include work by :

Blaise Larmee

Davis Weir

Emma Furman 

Evan Neal

Gil Gentile

Harrison Sherrod

Jack Rohman 

Jaime Kansler

Jason Overby

Margaret Powers

Maggie Wong

Mallory D'Alessandro

Myles Lawson

Patrick Kain

RT Peters

William Cardini

Zac Singer

Zara Messano

As well as interviews with :

Lilli Carré & Benjamin Marra

Cover #5 by :

Margaret Powers

(( previewed below ))

THANKS TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED TO THIS ISSUE! 

taffy hips #5 submissions are in !

WE'RE GLAD TO REPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A TON OF GREAT STUFF FOR THE UPCOMING ISSUE! 

IF FACT, SO MUCH, THAT NOT EVERY PIECE SUBMITTED WILL MAKE IT INTO THIS ISSUE -- YET, DON'T GIVE UP! THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ISSUE IN THE WINTER AND TWO IN THE SPRING. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED!

TAFFY HIPS ISSUE #5 IS SET TO PREMIERE THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER. STAY POSTED FOR RELEASE PARTY DETAILS AND LOCATIONS TO PURCHASE THE ISSUE!

your editors

ISSUE # 5 FALL '09

SUBMIT YOUR ART!

Friends,

We've started putting together the next print issue of our fanzine and we want your work!

The magazine is printed on a broadsheet that measures 11x17 per page, and we want it to be brimming with art so send your comics/manga/doodles/gifs/screengrabs/performance stills/graphs our way.

Send: Uncompressed 300 DPI B/W TIFF images to: taffyhips@gmail.com (use yousendit.com of it gets too big)

Deadline: Friday September 25

Looking forward to seeing your stuff! Get on it! Tell your friends!

-Taffy Hips Team

SNAG IT !

the download link is updated

please click below or left to download the newest issue

we'd love to hear your thoughts !

thanks,

editors

PANDEMONIUM DROPS TODAY!

¡¡¡ CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD !!!(RE-UPLOADED)

dear readers,

we thank you for your patience and your submissions. we collected a lot of great stuff and in the end decided to save some for later print issues while still keeping this issue well-fed.

here are the contributors for our 60-page digital issue:

______________________________________________

margaret powers gil gentile maggie wong

mark hensel joe clower jenny joyal

zara messano beth slutsky lauren klotzman

zac singer alex miller sam gaskin

ryan baker green lan pham ralph gentile

jamie kansler emily eder

myles lawson thomas trudgeon

______________________________________________

thank you to every who submitted/supported this effort, there will be many more opportunities to be included in later issues, so keep sending your art/comics our way!

apologies for any errors, all work copyright its respective creators

$$$ more on hardcopies and musical accompaniment soon $$$

WOW KIDS !

hey friends !

the long awaited PANDEMONIUM ISSUE is coming soon ! 

we're sweating to finish up the final touches and it will hit the 'net by the end of month ! 

check back here for info on exact release date soon. 

GONNA BE HUGE. 

BIG NEWS!

THE TAFFY HIPS SHOPPE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

this side-blog is the one-stop-shop for those interested in purchasing back issues of our publication, as well as zines/prints/original art from artists that have been included in the magazine.

KEEP YA HEAD UP

Thanks to everyone who submitted!

Your stuff is rad & we thank you for your support!

If you missed the deadline, but still want to submit, you should send us your stuff anyway -- ASAP! We'd love to put as much into this digital issue as possible. If you're too late, then we'll hang on to your submission and consider it for the September print issue.

We'll be putting the issue together in the next weeks, check back here for updates, plus +++ more on our forthcoming online shoppe!

Thanks again,

XOXO,

Your Editors

submit now ...

... or 4ever hold yr peace !!

really, folks, we've gotten some juicy stuff but we're on the prowl for more.

send it in !! SUBMIT to: taffyhips@gmail.com

THREE DAYS LEFT, friends !!

PONY UP !

{ZARA}

TAFFY HIPS STORE COMING SOON

zara and i are going to roll out a taffy hips online store in the coming weeks were you can purchase back issues of taffy hips as well as zines, screenprints, original art and other goodies from us and our favorite artists.

{gil}

FROM THE TAFFY HIPS ARCHIVES:

LOS PODEROSOS DEL CAMINO (1991)

being a southern california native means that i have access to all sorts of amazing mexican comics. this digest was found in the bottom of a magazine bin near my metro station on wilshire.

throughout the summer i will continue to post scans from my collection of mexican comics, insane manga, found art and other goodies, so keep yr eyes peeled for more entries.

enjoy,

(GIL)

Rawhide Kid, 1973

From "Might Marvel Western," containing Rawhide Kid, Mat Slade and Two-Gun Kid stories; here is the Rawhide Kid in "Trapped by the Bounty Hunter", thanks for that famed collaboration/duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It seems that Marvel is willing to reprint anything with Kirby's name on the ticket (such as Rawhide Kid Masterworks reprint) which leaves many great Western comics without reprint glory. A shame for some, since they are also quite good... Yet Kirby's work is still so striking, and stands out amongst others for me naturally, though I'm cannot say why specifically-- maybe the faces just look tougher, though the drawings seem easily, naturally made. Here is a terribly photographed comic of the Rawhide Kid, certainly Marvel's most famous cowboy...

Sparkplug Comics

Thanks for the shout-out Sparkplug Comics !

Check out their extensive collection of rad comics including interviewee Austin English's "Windy Corner Magazine" and Hellen Jo's "Jin and Jam"

pappy's /// inspiration

inspiration { from pappy's golden age comics blog } : some fine panels !

BE AMAZED !

pandemonium // issue #3.5

just two weeks left, folks !

don't forget to send us yr comics, art & musical sounds by JULY FIRST !

submit / submit / submit : taffyhips@gmail.com 

friends of nancy at risd

if you live in // near providence, check out this show at risd's library downtown! work by amazing artists, including two we've interviewed for the first issue of magazine - - allison cole & james mcshane! to check out the first issue,  just click to read on the right! 

TAFFY HIPS #1, FREE FREE FREE

Hello Friends,

Our debut issue, taffy hips #1 is now available for download!

It includes interviews with Allison Cole and James McShane.

Click on the image in the column to the right, and tell us what you think.

-Z+G

MoCCA success !

taffy back in the big city !

this was my first year going to MoCCA's art & comics festival in new york, and what a treat it was. a little more my style than SPX had been back in the fall, i enjoyed MoCCA most of all for the familiar faces of those artists gil and i had interviewed for taffy hips. 

the first person i recognized in the mass of fans, artists, and publishers was james mcshane, chatting over kramer's 7 at the buenaventura press table. james was our very first interview victim for taffy hips issue # 1 -- almost a year ago! phew, time flies! re-listening to his interview was a good time capsule for the magazine. { check out his blog for free downloadable comics! }

austin english {{ who i interviewed for TH#3 last month }} was there premiering his new third issue of the anthology/magazine Windy Corner, which looks great! at a signing later at GRNY, i got to meet a few more of the artists from WC, particularly sakura maku, who's comic was especially lovely.

matthew thurber {{ interviewed/editorialized in issue #2 }} was in fine form as well -- with a few new things at the picture box table, including a new issue of his comics 1-800-MICE. this third issue is larger, on thick white paper but lacks nothing of the frenzy of the first two pamphlet issues. in fact, the narrative seems to find itself even more willingly and cunningly; though, it does end on a bit of a cliff hanger... will the volcano explode and kill everyone?? matthew, i need to know!! then again, if this means more issues to come, i'm willing to hold my horses. /// check out thurber's new "interesting" gallery if you live in nyc!

   { soon to be colored in with metallic/glitter watercolors }

                                                     { matthew says thanks ! }

of course, there were many other amazing gals and gents at MoCCA {{ lilli carré !! mollie goldstrum !! (the elusive) ron rege jr !! }} and despite it being a day drenched in sweat, it was thoroughly enjoyable. 

thanks all !!

{zm}

PANDEMONIUM ISSUE #3.5 ANNOUNCEMENT

DEAR FRIENDS,

We are writing to you to inform of a unique opportunity to submit to the next Taffy Hips Art/Comics Magazine. 

Over the summer, we will be compiling a free, world-wide all-digital ONLINE ONLY 100 PAGE FULL COLOR edition of the magazine with accompanying soundtrack.

This issue is intended to be INSANE and completely UNCENSORED. It will exist as a downloadable pdf file of art and mp3/zip of music.  Additionally, there will be a link to a print per order site where you can request and buy a hard-copy if you so desire.

Primarily, this will exist as a space for EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING WONDERFUL, in the most massive, over-whelming, eye-popping, gut-wrentching form possible. 

PLEASE SEND US YOUR: 

1. FULL COLOR COMICS AND ART (drawings, computer gifs, embarressing photos, political collages, whatever)
2. YOUR MUSIC THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR NO MONEY IN COMPLILATION ALBUM / MIX TAPE FORMAT
3. YOUR ESSAYS, REVIEWS, RANTS, PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES, POEMS, SONGS, FLIERS OF YOUR DAY
4. A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF

PLEASE SUBMIT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT AND "WHATEVER YOU LIKE" !

ALL submissions by JULY 1st 2009. 

So you have the rest of June to make this stuff!

Submit by email to TAFFYHIPS@GMAIL.COM!

THANKS AND LOVE,
your editors,
zara messano & gil gentile