a white pretzel on a black zine cover, text reads: PRETZEL, Maggie Umber

$5
Maggie Umber
9 pages, including a fold-out poster
3 in x 4.25 in booklet
folds out to 8.5 in x 11
no staples mini zine
photo black inkjet on white matte cardstock

Debuted at 2023 Madison Print & Resist Zinefest. An earlier version of this comic was published in NO ME 2 by Profanity Hill, edited by Jason T. Miles.

PRETZEL was a caffeine-induced, sleep deprived hallucination I had in high school. A waking dream I couldn’t wake up from...

Preview

a woman sleeping in the dark under a salt crusted blanket as a white pretzel spider descends in three panels
the inside of a fold out poster zine showing a woman's head being guarded by a large pretzel spider in semi-darkness

Trailer

Programmed in Scratch by Maggie Umber.
Sound credits:
Spider Call.wav by taure, CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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