#drew sawyer

[garadinervi]

Branden W. Joseph and Drew Sawyer, (with additional contributors), Copy Machine Manifestos. Artists Who Make Zines, Phaidon, 2023, in association with the Brooklyn Museum [reprint 2024] [Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Stores, Pittsburgh, PA. Draw Down, New Haven, CT, and Boston, MA. SpazioB**K, Milano]

Exhibitions: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, November 17, 2023 – March 31, 2024 (plus exhibition views via Laura Splan); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, May 12 – September 22, 2024

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Feral Friday! 

This week we’re featuring Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, published in London by Phaidon in 2023, a publication dedicated to artist’s zines in North America which accompanies the exhibition of the same name that debuted at the Brooklyn Museum last fall (currently on view at Vancouver Art Gallery). This book was edited by Branden W. Joseph and Drew Sawyer, and includes contributions from Gwen Allen, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Mimi Thi Nguyen, Tavia Nyong'o, & Alexis Salas, along with hundreds of images of zine covers, details, and associated media & documentation. You can check out a video version of a conversation related to the exhibition (featuring Joey Terrill and Demian DinéYazhi) here. 

The text and illustrations included in Copy Machine Manifestos provide a rich overview of the social and political contexts from which artist-made zine production and culture springs. Since we’ve started posting more selections from our zine collection we wanted to dive into the historical context of zine production more generally as well, to shed some light on the importance of collecting and preserving these works.

Stay tuned to Feral Friday next week for more on that!  

And please stop by to check out this book in person in our reading room if you're local; the texts and illustrations in this publications are well worth an in-depth look. You can schedule a visit here.

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--Ana, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[thingstol00kat]

Copy Machines — zine exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. BK NY Feb 2024

[lambf4rm]

had a dream they added cowboy skins to tcm game, it was a beautiful dream

[happyyft]

WWAITTT forgot I did these

[izulils]

IM LOOKING FOR MUTUALS (PLEASE)

heathers, hamilton, danny, drew, kurtis, sinjin drowning, art stuff! (i love to see peoples art too!!) and books!!!! if u follow me i’ll follow back!!

[swearingcactus]

played the Small Man, Big Mouth gig yesterday and got thoughts of streetkid V's and Kirk's short-lived acquaintance. they're sitcom chaotic roommates forced to live in a cyberpunk genre to me.

[dum-vivere-vinum-rubrum]

IT'S HEATHERS DAY

Petition to give muscles to macnamara

[stoopystuppy]

I'd just love to say your artstyle is GORGEOUS 😭 Do you have any tips on how to get better? (Also sitting on my hands and knees) if you could feed me more healthy JDronica and/or poly Heathers + Veronica that'd be a dream come true 🥰

hellooow thank you, that means a lot :D!!

i'm probably the worst person to be asked about these but basing this from my experiences; number 1 rule is to never hate your art, liking them helps you improve and it enhances your confidence too! liking your own art doesn't really mean you're being egotistical, it just means you're proud of yourself :]]

i often check out other artists' for references, example; cawiechan, doodlefox and many more! i also give myself a reference sheet for characters so they're not too inconsistent in their designs

experimenting with colors and blending modes are so useful and fun, it helps you get the vibes right :PP

anyways whehehe, have a JDRonica i'd happily draw poly heathers + v but my hands aren't cooperating with me 😔

[slasher-detective]

Haven't drawn in awhile, here's some Sawyer family doodles I did today 🌻

[mono-socke]

For the request thing, I saw you do Heathers too?? Would you vibe with some ChandlerxVeronica?

I absolutely would!! :D

[missboingohead]

They looked so perfect together💛💚

[!DO NOT REPOST MY ART, DO NOT CLAIM IT TO BE YOURS!]

[starbirdsonthearch]

Whoever it was on the social team that thought to give these guys a polaroid camera needs a raise and a promotion.

[5qu1dink]

school doodles lol also fun fact i killed a spider that was crawling on my leg last night i squished it with my fingers :•( that’s not the bad part the bad part is that there was a spider in my bed

[happyyft]

Wauthg I've been busy 😭

[pokeficdaily]