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

9 pgs, 3 in x 4.25 in, folds out to 8.5 in x 11
photo black inkjet booklet on white matte cardstock
$5

Summary

PRETZEL was a caffeine-induced, sleep deprived hallucination Maggie had in high school. A waking dream she 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

Blurbs

Pretzel spider! Terrifying! Especially since i can picture it happening in your childhood bedroom!
— Quinn Frances

Reviews

snack attack
— MJ Durand

Trailer

Programmed in Scratch by Maggie Umber.
Sound credit: Spider Call by taure

Events

✍ No. 8 on Kristy Valenti's Top 10 List of 2023, The Comics Journal Yearbook, Best of 2023

✍ Debuted at Madison Print & Resist Zinefest, 2023

✍ An earlier version of this comic was published in NO ME 2 by Profanity Hill, edited by Jason T. Miles

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