sad zines — ellie schmidt

I call these “comic poems”, they are part comic strip, part poem.

at taos gorge
2023, santa fe

I’m not swimming now, I’m painting
2022, ann arbor

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The only human touch I experienced today was stepping in a stranger’s footprint
2021, honolulu

From the pandemic
2020, nantucket

Untitled. Hand-bound zine, found images.
2019, denver

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The Manago Hotel, a love story
2018, captain cook

comfort & armor
2018, whangarei

anemomania
2017, sitka

late summer: a comic poem about the possessive/consumptive nature of both romantic love and hunting
included in selkie 4 and Warmer comic anthology
2017, sitka

spirit
a poem about communal grieving
2015, northfield