Autumn 2021 Masthead

Published by: Monkeyshines Media, Inc.
Edited by: Jonathan Russell
Designed by: MacPhoenix Design

Autumn 2021 Featuring:

Cover artist: by PLUGO, photographed by Donovan Rittenbach: That Long Awaited Collaboration, detail.
New York born, PLUGO has now spent half his life making a living in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing illustration & design work for comics, kid’s lit, magazines, text-books, album covers, and countless t-shirts. Some of his work is available on Redbubble.

Back cover artist: by Racheal Halupa, photo of dandelion on fire.
Racheal loves photography, all of it. She does everything from still life, to pets, to newborns, to weddings. She has placed in top 10% in Shoot and Share two years in a row, in the categories of children and couples. She has had backdrop companies use her images to feature their product. She also has headed several published portraits in various magazines.

Autumn 2021 Contributors:

• A. Page contributed the poem, “Toothless Grin.”.
  Word on the street is that A. Page might be writing more soon, and we can’t wait to see what’s next.

• Alexa Goldstein contributed a photo and the poem, “Solar Eclipse.”

• Christopher Fahey contributed the painting, “Technicolor Chrysanthemum.”
  Chris’s company, Crucial Designs, creates positive images, posters, and clothing that brings smiles to people faces and brings us together. He loves to create and share his work with you. Chris was recently featured in this story on ABC News about some of his art projects!

• Chuk Baldock contributed the drawing, “Newt Defending a Chair Face.”

• Estelle Clark contributed part two of the serialized short story, “Darkness Rising.”

• Jennifer Rasmussen contributed the poem, “All Hallows Eve.”

• The mysterious and unknown author, L. B., contributed the poem, “October.”

• Melissa Barrett contributed the painting, “Candlelight.”
  Melissa is a graphic designer who is curious about way too many things. Lover of art, design, fantasy, games, beer, and oddities. She has some of her designs on Threadless.

• Mitch Marcus contributed the soundtrack to the video, “STL,” and provided the score.
  Native New Yorker Mitch Marcus is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger, who primarily plays saxophone and piano/keyboards, and clarinet. “His commanding touch and his startling use of the various sounds of bebop — wobbly, sweltering, and explosive — are unmistakable.” (SF Chronicle)

• Morgan Bissell contributed the painting “Citywash.”
  Morgan, or Excessive Mascara as she is affectionately known in the digital world, is one part writer, one part anime enthusiast, one part cosplay, one part artist, and one part impulsive butterfly. She is passionate about human rights and the LGBTQ+ community about as equally as she is about the darker parts of life. Morgan tries to provide trigger warnings on her work as it delves into these subjects. All works are creative in purpose and at no time is anyone injured. Morgan also reminds her fans that self love is number one, you are amazing for being you, and remember to get out of bed, eat something, and hug something fluffy.

• NeoVenom contributed the painting, “Skirt.”

• Painted Birch contributed the Autumn Animal Oracle.

• Pthelo contributed the photo, “Ollie Reading with Magic Hat.”

• Tobias Hobbes contributed the drawing, “Baby Laika.”
  Tobias Hobbes works in Medium/Low-Fi tech art. His hand-drawn works inspire and are also inspired by the music of his alter ego Dudley Ghost. All are connected. Auto-da-fé.

Thanks

Besides the fabulous contributors, who always go above and beyond to help with this project, Jonathan would like to thank Dad, Deb, Aunt Pat, Jimi, Rich, Allan, Hannah, AJ, Katherine, and Mom for their financial support and encouragement. Seriously, there’s no magazine without your help.

Colophon

• The color scheme is codenamed Candy Apple and is based on Pantone 193 (hex: #BF1238) and 382 (hex: #BAD405).

• The typefaces used in both the magazine and web site are: Crimson Text, Coolvetica, Andale Mono, and Lumiera.

• Additionally the magazine uses: Zilla Slab, Urania Czech, Mali, and Powell Antique.

• The Monkeyshines text logo is set in Amoba.

• The zine was designed using Affinity Publisher and Designer. Photo manipulation was done with Pixelmator Pro. The website was designed and coded using Panic Nova and Jekyll. All this and more done on my trusty iMac.

Principles

• We believe in the Oxford comma and single spaces after a period.
• Right ragged is easier to read.
• Perfect is the enemy of good.