TAFFY HIPS

Just to Clarify: This Project Is No More

2011-05-15T12:44:00.000-04:00

Hi all, this project is no longer being published. There are many other rad newsprint comics mags that want your art, including:

Smoke Signals (NYC)
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/smokesignal.html

KUTI KUTI(finland)
http://www.kutikuti.com/

Secret Prison (Philadelphia)
http://secretprisoncomics.blogspot.com/

++++++++++++++++++++

to follow zara/gil's new projects here are their personal sites
http://ocelottrot.blogspot.com/ + http://gilgentile.blogspot.com/

ISSUE 8 FOR SALE ONLINE

2011-02-04T02:00:00.005-05:00

"hey gang"

TH/8 FOR SALE

a small amount of this mega-handmade, hefty-ass last issue are on sale right now. get 'em while they last (we'll take the button down when we've sold out)

$10 (shipping included) sold out

ALSO:"PRIZE_PACK"

a copy of the hard to find issue #3(with epic interviews with gary panter, ron rege jr and austin english), a copy of the print version of th/4 "pandemonium"(a very solid issue, no fluff, nice object/better in person, etc), and a 5x7 b/w drawing by gil gentile

$10 (shipping included)
(6 in stock. will take this down when sold out)

also, also:

i found one of these 11x14 prints (image by blaise larmee). $35 (shipping included). email gil.gentile@gmail.com if interested. first one gets it

more images of taffy hips #8

2011-01-04T12:34:00.002-05:00

th # VIII

2010-12-18T12:29:00.000-05:00

and now,

a video of our magazine's eighth issue.

60 pages of art, comics & interviews with CF and Vanessa Davis

Silkscreens by Gabe Folwer, Gil Gentile

Hand-painted stickers by Zara Messano

Edition of 100, hand-bound with silkscreen cover

for sale at DESERT ISLAND in brooklyn & QUIMBY'S in chicago

20 copies for sale online directly from editors

email taffyhips@gmail.com for more info

zara's zines for sale

2010-12-15T17:26:00.000-05:00

hey taffy hips readers,

i am selling some zines over at my blog ocelottrot.blogspot.com

after a few months stint at HEALTHY NIBBLES in brooklyn,

i am now laid off ////// unemployed !

if you thought about purchasing some stuff at the BCGF, but didn't...

now's your chance!

there's zines from $2 - $10 +++ silkscreen & letterpress posters

also, $5 painting offer on the table:

you name the "subject", i will paint it for you

thanksssss <3

Taffy Hips Magazine #08

2010-11-30T13:23:00.001-05:00

dear everyone,

GET PSYCHED!
we are incredibly excited to present this issue of taffy hips in a totally new format as an 8.5x7" book on cream paper, with lots of new extras, including a silkscreened cover, two silkscreened inserts and hand-draw stickers. plus, 60 pages of comics, art & interviews!

this was a particularly hard issue to edit, and, due to financial constraints, we had to decide to not include everyone even if we love your work. please know that we appreciate your past submissions and look forward to seeing for of your future work!

that being said, though this is our "final issue" in print, we will still continue to post on this blog (more!), participate in the "comics community" (hopefully more!), publish our own work and, of course, promote the work of our friends, colleagues/peers & betters. who knows, perhaps some digital delights are on the horizon!

publishing interesting work, talking to interesting people, tryin new things!
these remain our goals.

here is the line up, shown as the index for our 8th issue, below.

a few words on this jam-packed issue:

firstly, thank you to Gabe Fowler, owner of the Desert Island comics shop in our beloved home-of-yr-editors Brooklyn for all his support & his contribution to our issue!

secondly, we are delighted to present two very different interviews with two very different artists, CF and Vanessa Davis, who both use some of our favorite & preferred mediums-- pencil & watercolor. thank you again to both of them for letting us ask them many a annoying question!

thirdly, this issue will be premiering at the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival this Sat Dec 4, 2010 and is $8. the issue is an edition of 100, with a first run of only 50 copies.

SO MAKE SURE YOU GET ONE QUICK!

again, we want to say THANKS to everyone for their support, excellent art, enchanting words of wisdom and more.

we make zero profit from this venture, and sad are to say goodbye...

but not quite yet: SEE YOU ON SATURDAY!

your editors,

zara messano & gil gentile

TAFFY HIPS # VIII

2010-11-04T11:06:00.000-04:00

submissions due monday
nov 8th by midnight
make it happen !

taffy hips # VIII will be released in early december
& available at the Brklyn Comics Festival

pre-order info coming soon !

deadline pushed back (again)

2010-10-20T21:40:00.000-04:00

hey dudes,
we're still looking for work to go into the last issue (really the end, no really: no fooling , truly) of the magazine. thanks to everyone who's already submitted, its looking real good. but all you folks that havent yet sent something in '''get on it''' cause we wanna put you in it. anyway, get it to us by November 8th and you'll be golden.

much luv
z+g

TAFFY HIPS at as220's FOO FEST

2010-08-11T12:00:00.000-04:00

HEY ALL

this year at FOO FEST, a huge public event in providence hosted by AS220 with music, art, food, booze, fun & all good things, i will be having a table with some other taffy artists & pals

there will be exquiste corpse drawing, tattooing of some DIY flavor & maybe some zine making too

plus +++ copies of the mag, new shirts / old shirts & all good things

COME SUPPORT US & AS220

taffy hips # 8 seeking submissions

2010-07-06T17:54:00.000-04:00

dear artists, readers & friends:

we're still seeking submissions for our upcoming issue.

but! due to various circumstances:

it will be a smaller, different issue than our previous newsprint 11x17 issues.

so:

we're looking for artists to submit enough work for at least two pages (it's best if the pages go together, or at least are related) and no more than ~ 4 pages, at 8 x 10 ish or smaller size.

greyscale tiffs are still best. just send us an email!

we are looking to collect all the submissions for this new-sized new issue by the end of july.

please check back for updates & email us with any questions.

looking forward to your work!

thanks for the continuing support!

yours,

taffy editors,

zara messano + gil gentile

DEADLINE EXTENDED !

2010-06-02T16:31:00.000-04:00

SUMMER ISSUE WILL BE WILD

DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL END OF JUNE

KEEP THOSE SUBMISSIONS COMING

MORE INFO TO BE POSTED ASAP

THANKS, THANKS & THANKS

taffy hips number eight

2010-05-03T21:36:00.000-04:00

dear readers:

there will be another issue of taffy hips magazine
it will be called taffy hips number eight
released over the summer, mid-summer

to submit your comics &/or art
email or yousendit your subimissions
to taffyhips@gmail.com

submit by june 1st 2010

please let us know if you are interested !
& any questions about res/size et al.

get psyched by the powers of it

taffy hips #7 release party in providence

2010-04-18T14:19:00.000-04:00

RELEASE PARTY PARTY

ISSUE #0000000000000007

ADA BOOKS

717 WESTMINSTER ST.

PROVIDENCE, RI

SEVEN TO TEN P.M.

WEDNESDAY 21ST

OF APRIL 2010

" GET YOUR COPY "

SMOOZE & BOOZE

& FIND OUT HOW TO SUBMIT !

what else do you have to do?

issue #00000000000000000007 is now available !

2010-04-15T14:43:00.002-04:00

➾ buy this now in our web store ➾

16 PAGES OF ART & COMICS BY

margaret powers, gil gentile, jamie kanzler

pat aulisio, patrick kain, zoe kraus

katja tukiainen, austin english, zara messano

jon chandler, ian harker, jose-luis olivares

melissa mendes, chuck forsman, zak m

blaise larmee, cella costanza, jack rohman

EDITION OF 500

mocca 2010

2010-04-15T14:25:00.001-04:00

taffy hips gang does mocca 2010 in new york with much success!

we'd like to thank the guy who left early on day two
& bequeathed us the whole table,

which made us look way cooler.

gone gone

2010-04-15T13:58:00.000-04:00

gone !! sold out !! you missed it !!

it is real : issue #07

2010-04-06T21:27:00.002-04:00

taffy hips magazine

all art issue number #07

art & comics by

margaret powers, gil gentile, jamie kanzler

pat aulisio, patrick kain, zoe kraus

katja tukiainen, austin english, zara messano

jon chandler, ian harker, jose-luis olivares

melissa mendes, chuck forsman, zak m

blaise larmee, cella costanza, jack rohman

special thanks to all who donated

to make this issue possible !

premieres at MoCCA 2010

belated internet thanks

2010-04-06T20:36:00.000-04:00

thanks to blaise for his promos

thanks to austin for the shout out

$$$ ! DONATE ! $$$

2010-03-24T16:25:00.028-04:00

we've received a lot of great submissions,

but still need to raise money to print the next issue of taffy hips,

so if you can, please help us out !!

our goal is $400, so any donation (however small)

will make a major contribution;

but, just incase this isn't tempting enough,

check out below what gifts you'll get in return !!

☛ LEVELS OF DONATION ☚

$5 = pre-ordered copy of issue #07

$10 = a pre-ordered copy of #07 & a back issue of #02 / #05\

$10 = hand-drawn ad of your store/up-coming book

/organization to be featured in issue #07

$20 = a pre-ordered copy of #07 & a silkscreen print
from our original print benefit series

$25 = a pre-ordered copy of #07
& a custom "taffy hips" tee-shirt

$50 = a pre-ordered copy of #07, a set of prints
& a custom "taffy hips" tee-shirt

$100 = a pre-ordered copy of #07, custom tee-shirt
& original drawing by featured "taffy hips" artist

$1,000 = a pre-ordered copy of #07
& a bottle of champagne !

the deadline for #007 ...

2010-03-22T17:00:00.000-04:00

... it's today,
so submit those things you were thinking of submitting !
you have hours and hours to go
(we'd even take it tomorrow, shh) !

A Letter from Taffy Hips

2010-03-15T16:36:00.001-04:00

Dearest Readers of the Magazine Known As Taffy Hips,

We’re writing to give you an update on Taffy Hips Magazine!

So far we’ve released six issues of Taffy Hips, including five broadsheet newsprint issues and one digital issue, over the past year and a half. We have had the privilege of interviewing 12 damn-good artists, as well as including print work by 51 artists and cartoonists thus far, most of whom were previously unpublished. The magazine has grown from a mere 8 pages to 32 pages in newsprint, and even over 60 pages for our digital issue last summer.

Thank you all for your contributions and support!

Unfortunately, we’ve just found out that we no longer have funding from Sarah Lawrence College, from whence previous generous funds were supplied. Despite this, we are determined to continue to publish the zine, and are still accepting submissions for our upcoming #007 issue, which we hope to release at MoCCA in April.

To help us reach this goal, we’re hoping to continue to receive excellent submissions of comics and art from you all, as well as feedback. Additionally, you can purchase back issues of Taffy Hips at our web store, as well as various “merchandise” therein, such as prints, posters, & shirts. More coming soon!

You can also donate straight up via paypal on our site, or simply email us for more info. All donations will get a "thank you" in our upcoming issue and donations $10+ will receive a complimentary copy of the issue as well!

All $ donations $ will go directly into our current in-the-works & future issues!

As for the future, we are looking forward to continuing to produce issues of Taffy Hips magazine, as well as potentially: artist prints, original art zines, an interview-only compilation zine, a musical accompaniment, curated shows and much more.

The format of Issue #007 will either be in 11x17 newsprint, or 8.5x11 booklet form; submissions of both sizes are encouraged! We are extending our submission deadline until MARCH 22nd, so send us your submissions!

Thank you again to all who’ve submitted their art and submitted to questioning, and especially to all our readers!

Don't forget to visit our (1/2) table at MoCCA in April!

Look sharp!

Taffy Hips Editors,

Zara Messano & Gil Gentile

issue #007

2010-03-13T12:32:00.000-05:00

ISSUE #007

! DEADLINE EXTENDED !

☞ please continue to submit ♡

submit to (lucky number) seventh (heaven) issue

2010-02-21T19:10:00.000-05:00

TAFFY HIPS MAGAZINE ISSUE #07

we're now accepting submissions for our seventh issue
submit by march 15th 2010

grayscale 300 dpi tiffs, please !
newsprint full page size is 11 x 17 inches

email or yousendit to : taffyhips@gmail.com

follow yr bliss

zara interviewed by the providence phoenix

2010-02-21T18:59:00.001-05:00

interview recap'd
i was interviewed about taffy hips by the providence phoenix at the issue #6 release party. reporting this from my blog, here.

here it is again for you taffy hips readers
At the most recent release party for Taffy Hips Magazine Issue #6 , I was interviewed about the magazine's history/origins and potential future by a reporter from the Providence Phoenix , a weekly media/etc newspaper around town. the interview, quite brief, was published yesterday. Below is the full article, and link, topped off with a snapshot of me in Ada Books at the release.

" Last week, friends of the zine Taffy Hips gathered at Ada Books on Westminster Street to celebrate the sixth issue: robot comics, prints of giant tsunami waves, and an interview with Chicago-based cartoonist Anya Davidson.

Providence's lively underground arts scene may not be what it once was. But here was a sign that the DIY aesthetic still lives.

"It draws a large crowd," said Brent Legault, owner of Ada Books, of Taffy Hips.

Editors Zara Messano and Gil Gentile launched the zine in September 2008 while undergraduates at New York's Sarah Lawrence College.

Messano, a Providence native, says the publication was inspired in part by Paper Rodeo, a now out-of-print comic book associated with the old Fort Thunder art collective. And the name, Taffy Hips, was meant to capture its oddball spirit.

"It's silly in a curious way," says Messano. "You think, 'What is it?' "

The zine, with a circulation of about 700, has national ambitions. There are copies scattered around New York and Chicago and Messano and Gentile have built a small online following.

But while the editors have landed interviews with far-flung figures like graphic artist Gary Panter, who made his name as the set designer for the madcap Pee-wee's Playhouse television show, Messano says much of the work that appears in Taffy Hips comes from Rhode Islanders who might not otherwise find a place to publish.

Providence artist Meg Powers says her work is too dark to be featured in large-scale art magazines. But her aesthetic, which often features "girls being gross," was a sensible addition to Taffy Hips. For the most recent issue, Messano asked Powers to sketch a female transforming into a bat. Powers took the concept a bit further.

"I wanted to draw conjoined girls puking up bats," says Powers. "It's violent in a goofy way." "

read the article online (the providence phoenix)

I'm glad this article was published, and it was great to be interviewed and see some press/outside interest in the magazine. Yet, it definitely doesn't really give a complete picture of everything--reasons or inspirations or intentions of Taffy Hips. So, here are some answers to questions I was asked through email for this article, perhaps it will help give a fuller view of what the magazine is all about.

Would you say Taffy Hips is a throwback to the Providence zines of the 1980's? Continuing a trend after Paper Rodeo left the scene? Or is it altogether another type of media animal? (And what happened to Paper Rodeo?) Where do you think art magazines/zines like yours are going?

I don't know that much about Providence in '80s, but as for Paper Rodeo (which my impression of is 90s/early 2000s)--- I don't know if it's a "throwback" so much as it was definitely inspirational for me in wanting to make a zine/magazine in newsprint. When I was in high school (early 2000s), I would pick up copies of Paper Rodeo sometimes around Providence and have no idea what it was (often, none of the artists were cited, etc etc) and I would cut out a page I liked an hang it on my wall. Now, those zines are pretty coveted and not many copies are around--the relationship of the reader now would be very different than me picking it up off the street.

So I hope that Taffy Hips is more like something you just find, say in a weirdo bookstore or at your friend's apartment, and read it without it being too precious. I think that's what I really loved about Paper Rodeo.

But, I think that because we cite all the artists, and call ourselves editors, and have interviews, it's definitely a different media beast. I know that PR inspired me a lot, and I like that we're able to print Taffy Hips on newsprint -- that was always our original dream, partly because of Paper Rodeo, partly because that's where comics started out, partly because it's huge, and partly because it's so cheap.

I think that Paper Rodeo ended in 2005/6, post- Fort Thunder? See here maybe:

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/longbox/4745/

I think that art magazines/comics zines like Taffy Hips are cropping up lots of places and I'm glad of it--there are anthologies of just comics like Smoke Signals, or interview magazines likes Comics Youth, or the more editorialized Comics Comics, also newsprint. All these little publications have a place in the art/comics community, and in my opinion only work to compliment each other. I think that more and more artists/etc are finding ways to showcase their friends, interview artists they admire and by creating a publication contribute not only their own art but also something that presents an collected idea of art/comics, maybe to try and shape the genre/scene or maybe just because they know can contribute something people will enjoy. As for Taffy Hips, we started it because we wanted a chance to talk to artists we admired and to put our own work out there, and I would say we're definitely continuing for those reasons, but equally for the opportunity to showcase the work of younger artists and friends, work which has continued to grow and change over the year and a half since we started the magazine.

that's all

issue #6 in web shop + MoCCA !

2010-01-31T13:33:00.001-05:00

ISSUE #6 now available in our online shop >>>

get 32 pages of art, comics & interviews - only $2 !

look for more zines & prints in the shop soon !!

all proceeds will go toward funding our journey to MoCCA in april !!

release party TONIGHT in providence

2010-01-27T11:51:00.000-05:00

don't forget!
release party for TAFFY HIPS #6
tonight in providence, ri
at ada books
(717 westminster street)
from 7 - 10 pm
mags and snacks!

2010-01-24T00:50:00.001-05:00

Alice Cooper - Black Juju
Uploaded by DwightFrye. - Watch more music videos, in HD!

TAFFY HIPS #6 RELEASE PARTY

2010-01-15T17:02:00.000-05:00

TAFFY HIPS #6
RELEASE PARTY

wednesday JANUARY 27TH
7 - 10 PM

ADA BOOKS
717 westminster street
providence, ri

ISSUE # 6 RELEASE

2010-01-11T13:51:00.002-05:00

... finally !

TAFFY HIPS MAGAZINE ISSUE #6
WILL BE RELEASED END OF JANUARY !

THERE WILL BE A RELEASE PARTY IN PROVIDENCE, RI
the last week of january (details soon, check back!)

AT LOCAL BOOKSHOP, ADA BOOKS !

32-page issue, many local artists will be in attendance !

IT'S WORTH THE WAIT !

{image of ada books (c) james mcshane, interviewed in t.h. #1!}

ebisu yoshikazu

2010-01-06T13:55:00.004-05:00

[!!!!]
http://wantedcheapmanga.com/2008/06/13/salaryman-from-hell-by-ebisu-yoshikazu/
http://www.ebiy.net/

ISSUE #6 ANNOUCEMENT

2009-12-16T02:23:00.007-05:00

TAFFY HIPS ISSUE #6

cover by interviews with

myles lawson anya davidson + will sweeney

art + comics by

alan resnick margaret powers

beth slutsky matt lock

blaise larmee micheala colette zachilli

derik badman michelle yu

evan neal myles lawson

gil gentile noah furman

ian harkey patrick kain

ivy powers rebecca volynsky

jason young sam gaskin

jim stoten shannon hurley

jt rogstad tom trudgeon

lizz hickey zara messano

zara messano zara messano+ gil gentile

32 pages, b+w newsprint, 2009

2009-12-13T01:34:00.004-05:00

wall projections onto drawings from alan resnick on Vimeo.

alan has a rad comic in our new issue
(which is soooo close to coming out!)
his website is: http://itsallaboutalan.com/

shameless self promotion

2009-12-12T21:32:00.002-05:00

hi all,

started a new

personal blog:

http://gilgentile.

blogspot.com/

2009-12-07T18:06:00.001-05:00

issue #6 update !

2009-12-05T22:03:00.002-05:00

dear contributors, readers & more:

issue #06 is coming - we promise !

look forward to interviews with

ANYA DAVIDSON + WILL SWEENEY !

cover by myles lawson !

plus crazy amounts of comics & art !

contributors & release party dates to be listed this week !

THANKS !

#6 issue deadline extended

2009-11-14T15:27:00.004-05:00

we're extending our deadline

for submissions for our 6th issue:

we've gotten lots of great stuff

but we want more!

new official deadline:

sunday 22nd !

if you'd like to submit

but aren't sure this is enough time,

just drop us a line!

taffyhips@gmail.com

keep it coming

& check for updates soon!

slime time

2009-10-31T18:10:00.001-04:00

im looking to start a min-comic and might start posting sections of it each week in order to give myself some kind of deadline. keep yr eyes peeled?

submit !

2009-10-28T11:04:00.005-04:00

submissions are coming in !

to submit to issue #6, email taffyhips@gmail.com

deadline is friday the 13th of november

issue will include lots of comics, lots of art

& interviews with will sweeney & otherz

photo-documenation (part one)

2009-10-22T12:25:00.006-04:00

here are some photographs my friend zoe took at the taffy hips #5 release party at ada books last week. these are part of her on-going project photo-documenting providence.

all photographs (c) zoe kraus, 2009.

ambergris

2009-10-21T17:33:00.005-04:00

here are some photos of matthew thurber performing as ambergris
(in providence this fall at waste not want not)
this doesn't really do his orange outfit justice though
he usurped my chair and is crouching on it

and it was good

(also pictured: mindy stock of jellin and wide on)
photos taken by zoe kraus

Taffy Hips #6 :: announcement

2009-10-21T16:47:00.003-04:00

we are now accepting submissions for the upcoming issue

Taffy Hips #6 !

real deal: 300dpi, grayscale tiff files, via email or yousendit

pages: 11x17 full pages, or smaller partial pages

ok: taffyhips@gmail.com

battleaxe: deadline is friday the 13th of november 2009

yes, yes, yes

GO WILD !

Russian Cyberpunk Larping

2009-10-21T15:33:00.002-04:00

<3 <3 <3

2009-10-16T13:25:00.001-04:00

thanks to all who could come out for the release parties!

it sure was swell. {evident soon}

you can get copies at desert island or ada books.

also: from our online shoppe linked on the right!

thanks again, keep submitting!

Providence Issue #5 Release Party !!

2009-10-11T12:45:00.003-04:00

PROVIDENCE RELEASE PARTY

ADA BOOKS

717 WESTMINSTER ST.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 7 - 9 PM

ISSUE #5 RELEASE! COPIES ONLY $2

+ BACK ISSUES, #2 & #3

further details /here/ rsvp if you like

ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE <3

###5

2009-10-08T15:08:00.002-04:00

!! they're here & they're beautiful !!

RELEASE PARTY REALITY

TOMORROW NIGHT 7-9

DESERT ISLAND -- BROOKLYN

BRING PALS

Issue #5 Release Party

2009-10-05T12:42:00.003-04:00

Issue #5 RELEASE PARTY will be this FRIDAY OCTOBER 9

at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn, NY from 7-9pm

Come by and pick up a copy of Issue #5, + back issues, zines, et al.

Many of the artists will be attending !

(( details here ))

COME SUPPORT TAFFY HIPS AS WE CELEBRATE 1 YR IN PRINT !

ISSUE # 5

2009-10-04T12:23:00.005-04:00

IT'S OFF TO THE PRESSES !

Taffy Hips Issue # 5 will include work by :

Blaise Larmee

Davis Weir

Emma Furman

Evan Neal

Gil Gentile

Harrison Sherrod

Jack Rohman

Jaime Kansler

Jason Overby

Margaret Powers

Maggie Wong

Mallory D'Alessandro

Myles Lawson

Patrick Kain

RT Peters

William Cardini

Zac Singer

Zara Messano

As well as interviews with :

Lilli Carré & Benjamin Marra

Cover #5 by :

Margaret Powers

(( previewed below ))

THANKS TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED TO THIS ISSUE!

taffy hips #5 submissions are in !

2009-09-26T12:59:00.003-04:00

WE'RE GLAD TO REPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A TON OF GREAT STUFF FOR THE UPCOMING ISSUE!

IF FACT, SO MUCH, THAT NOT EVERY PIECE SUBMITTED WILL MAKE IT INTO THIS ISSUE -- YET, DON'T GIVE UP! THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ISSUE IN THE WINTER AND TWO IN THE SPRING. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED!

TAFFY HIPS ISSUE #5 IS SET TO PREMIERE THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER. STAY POSTED FOR RELEASE PARTY DETAILS AND LOCATIONS TO PURCHASE THE ISSUE!

your editors

ISSUE # 5 FALL '09

2009-09-06T17:07:00.005-04:00

SUBMIT YOUR ART!

Friends,

We've started putting together the next print issue of our fanzine and we want your work!

The magazine is printed on a broadsheet that measures 11x17 per page, and we want it to be brimming with art so send your comics/manga/doodles/gifs/screengrabs/performance stills/graphs our way.

Send: Uncompressed 300 DPI B/W TIFF images to: taffyhips@gmail.com (use yousendit.com of it gets too big)

Deadline: Friday September 25

Looking forward to seeing your stuff! Get on it! Tell your friends!

-Taffy Hips Team

SNAG IT !

2009-09-05T14:01:00.003-04:00

the download link is updated

please click below or left to download the newest issue

we'd love to hear your thoughts !

thanks,

editors

PANDEMONIUM DROPS TODAY!

2009-08-28T17:50:00.009-04:00

¡¡¡ CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD !!! (RE-UPLOADED)

dear readers,

we thank you for your patience and your submissions. we collected a lot of great stuff and in the end decided to save some for later print issues while still keeping this issue well-fed.

here are the contributors for our 60-page digital issue:

______________________________________________

margaret powers gil gentile maggie wong

mark hensel joe clower jenny joyal

zara messano beth slutsky lauren klotzman

zac singer alex miller sam gaskin

ryan baker green lan pham ralph gentile

jamie kansler emily eder

myles lawson thomas trudgeon

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thank you to every who submitted/supported this effort, there will be many more opportunities to be included in later issues, so keep sending your art/comics our way!

apologies for any errors, all work copyright its respective creators

$$$ more on hardcopies and musical accompaniment soon $$$

WOW KIDS !

2009-08-13T15:20:00.002-04:00

hey friends !

the long awaited PANDEMONIUM ISSUE is coming soon !

we're sweating to finish up the final touches and it will hit the 'net by the end of month !

check back here for info on exact release date soon.

GONNA BE HUGE.

BIG NEWS!

2009-08-06T20:57:00.006-04:00

THE TAFFY HIPS SHOPPE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

this side-blog is the one-stop-shop for those interested in purchasing back issues of our publication, as well as zines/prints/original art from artists that have been included in the magazine.

KEEP YA HEAD UP

2009-07-03T19:35:00.003-04:00

Thanks to everyone who submitted!

Your stuff is rad & we thank you for your support!

If you missed the deadline, but still want to submit, you should send us your stuff anyway -- ASAP! We'd love to put as much into this digital issue as possible. If you're too late, then we'll hang on to your submission and consider it for the September print issue.

We'll be putting the issue together in the next weeks, check back here for updates, plus +++ more on our forthcoming online shoppe!

Thanks again,

XOXO,

Your Editors

submit now ...

2009-06-28T11:54:00.004-04:00

... or 4ever hold yr peace !!

really, folks, we've gotten some juicy stuff but we're on the prowl for more.

send it in !! SUBMIT to: taffyhips@gmail.com

THREE DAYS LEFT, friends !!

PONY UP !

{ZARA}

TAFFY HIPS STORE COMING SOON

2009-06-26T16:36:00.011-04:00

zara and i are going to roll out a taffy hips online store in the coming weeks were you can purchase back issues of taffy hips as well as zines, screenprints, original art and other goodies from us and our favorite artists.

{gil}

FROM THE TAFFY HIPS ARCHIVES:

2009-06-22T19:55:00.023-04:00

LOS PODEROSOS DEL CAMINO (1991)

being a southern california native means that i have access to all sorts of amazing mexican comics. this digest was found in the bottom of a magazine bin near my metro station on wilshire.

throughout the summer i will continue to post scans from my collection of mexican comics, insane manga, found art and other goodies, so keep yr eyes peeled for more entries.

enjoy,

(GIL)

Rawhide Kid, 1973

2009-06-22T18:54:00.017-04:00

From "Might Marvel Western," containing Rawhide Kid, Mat Slade and Two-Gun Kid stories; here is the Rawhide Kid in "Trapped by the Bounty Hunter", thanks for that famed collaboration/duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It seems that Marvel is willing to reprint anything with Kirby's name on the ticket (such as Rawhide Kid Masterworks reprint) which leaves many great Western comics without reprint glory. A shame for some, since they are also quite good... Yet Kirby's work is still so striking, and stands out amongst others for me naturally, though I'm cannot say why specifically-- maybe the faces just look tougher, though the drawings seem easily, naturally made. Here is a terribly photographed comic of the Rawhide Kid, certainly Marvel's most famous cowboy...

Sparkplug Comics

2009-06-18T15:34:00.004-04:00

Thanks for the shout-out Sparkplug Comics !

Check out their extensive collection of rad comics including interviewee Austin English's "Windy Corner Magazine" and Hellen Jo's "Jin and Jam"

pappy's /// inspiration

2009-06-17T14:44:00.003-04:00

inspiration { from pappy's golden age comics blog } : some fine panels !

BE AMAZED !

pandemonium // issue #3.5

2009-06-17T14:39:00.002-04:00

just two weeks left, folks !

don't forget to send us yr comics, art & musical sounds by JULY FIRST !

submit / submit / submit : taffyhips@gmail.com

friends of nancy at risd

2009-06-12T19:48:00.002-04:00

if you live in // near providence, check out this show at risd's library downtown! work by amazing artists, including two we've interviewed for the first issue of magazine - - allison cole & james mcshane! to check out the first issue, just click to read on the right!

TAFFY HIPS #1, FREE FREE FREE

2009-06-10T16:31:00.004-04:00

Hello Friends,

Our debut issue, taffy hips #1 is now available for download!

It includes interviews with Allison Cole and James McShane.

Click on the image in the column to the right, and tell us what you think.

-Z+G

MoCCA success !

2009-06-09T22:48:00.006-04:00

taffy back in the big city !

this was my first year going to MoCCA's art & comics festival in new york, and what a treat it was. a little more my style than SPX had been back in the fall, i enjoyed MoCCA most of all for the familiar faces of those artists gil and i had interviewed for taffy hips.

the first person i recognized in the mass of fans, artists, and publishers was james mcshane, chatting over kramer's 7 at the buenaventura press table. james was our very first interview victim for taffy hips issue # 1 -- almost a year ago! phew, time flies! re-listening to his interview was a good time capsule for the magazine. { check out his blog for free downloadable comics! }

austin english {{ who i interviewed for TH#3 last month }} was there premiering his new third issue of the anthology/magazine Windy Corner, which looks great! at a signing later at GRNY, i got to meet a few more of the artists from WC, particularly sakura maku, who's comic was especially lovely.

matthew thurber {{ interviewed/editorialized in issue #2 }} was in fine form as well -- with a few new things at the picture box table, including a new issue of his comics 1-800-MICE. this third issue is larger, on thick white paper but lacks nothing of the frenzy of the first two pamphlet issues. in fact, the narrative seems to find itself even more willingly and cunningly; though, it does end on a bit of a cliff hanger... will the volcano explode and kill everyone?? matthew, i need to know!! then again, if this means more issues to come, i'm willing to hold my horses. /// check out thurber's new "interesting" gallery if you live in nyc!

{ soon to be colored in with metallic/glitter watercolors }

{ matthew says thanks ! }

of course, there were many other amazing gals and gents at MoCCA {{ lilli carré !! mollie goldstrum !! (the elusive) ron rege jr !! }} and despite it being a day drenched in sweat, it was thoroughly enjoyable.

thanks all !!

{zm}

PANDEMONIUM ISSUE #3.5 ANNOUNCEMENT

2009-06-09T22:23:00.004-04:00

DEAR FRIENDS,

We are writing to you to inform of a unique opportunity to submit to the next Taffy Hips Art/Comics Magazine.

Over the summer, we will be compiling a free, world-wide all-digital ONLINE ONLY 100 PAGE FULL COLOR edition of the magazine with accompanying soundtrack.

This issue is intended to be INSANE and completely UNCENSORED. It will exist as a downloadable pdf file of art and mp3/zip of music. Additionally, there will be a link to a print per order site where you can request and buy a hard-copy if you so desire.

Primarily, this will exist as a space for EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING WONDERFUL, in the most massive, over-whelming, eye-popping, gut-wrentching form possible.

PLEASE SEND US YOUR:

FULL COLOR COMICS AND ART (drawings, computer gifs, embarressing photos, political collages, whatever)
YOUR MUSIC THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR NO MONEY IN COMPLILATION ALBUM / MIX TAPE FORMAT
YOUR ESSAYS, REVIEWS, RANTS, PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES, POEMS, SONGS, FLIERS OF YOUR DAY
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF

PLEASE SUBMIT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT AND "WHATEVER YOU LIKE" !

ALL submissions by JULY 1st 2009.

So you have the rest of June to make this stuff!

Submit by email to TAFFYHIPS@GMAIL.COM!

THANKS AND LOVE,
your editors,
zara messano & gil gentile

announcement

2009-06-01T13:10:00.001-04:00

there are two upcoming things to watch out for

1. free downloadable pdf's of the previous issues, which will be released one by one, starting back with the first issue from long ago (which is now out of print!)

2. keep peepers out for an online-only limited edition of taffy hips to be released mid-summer! if you are interested in submitting, please do @ taffyhips@gmail.com // we want to show yr art!

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THE FIRST 3 ISSUES HAPPEN WITH SUCH SPLENDOR AND GRACE

additionally: if you are interested in purchasing either issues #1 or #2 or art by the artists there in, just email us and we'll let you know what's what

ISSUE #3 IS OUT

2009-05-13T13:36:00.000-04:00

"hey y'all"

we have just printed our third issue last week and it's a looker!
thanks everyone who contributed and supported this effort.

here's who's who:
cover by zac singer & liz lake

comics and art by :::
jaime kanzler
jack rohman
beth slutzky
gil gentile
zara messano
bug miller
maggie wong
anna rushford
harrison sherrod

interviews with :: austin english & gary panter & ron rege jr

+++ an article on the art collection of silent barn !
thanks again to everyone! the release party was smashing and there will be issues about town soon. if you would like to purchase a copy of Issue#2 or #3, please email: TAFFYHIPS@GMAIL.COM

networking ///

2009-04-21T12:26:00.000-04:00

JOIN US ON FACEBOOK
this is our beautiful group
get updates on forthcoming issues plus submission deadlines for future issues

copies in brooklyn !

2009-04-21T12:23:00.000-04:00

there are copies in desert island !
get 'em for $1.00 at the best comics shop in bklyn
<3 <3 <3

KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR NUMBER 3 ON THE HORIZON

taffy hips #2 at quimby's !

2009-04-12T13:00:00.000-04:00

taffy hips issue # 2 can now be found in the windy city

check it out at quimby's for only a dollar if you live in chicago

or buy online off the quimby's site for a buck !!

go chicago & thank you harrison

sketchy lady/preview artist

2009-04-12T12:54:00.000-04:00

++ so here is a small preview for the upcoming issue ++

it will feature some art by beth slutzky

she recently did a show here featuring all her work from a project called Sketchy Lady Portraits, where she will draw a life like portrait for someone twice a week

check out her blog to see more

she'll have some work in the upcoming taffy hips issue # 3 !

++ stay tuned for more previews ++

issue # 3 : new deadlines / sneak peek

2009-04-10T13:00:00.001-04:00

dear all :

the new deadline that has been circulating is APRIL 15

this is next wednesday

please let us know by this sunday (april 12) if you plan to submit

we will extend the deadline and work with anyone who tells us ahead of time

what they're working on : so please let us know !!

THIS ISSUE WILL BE WILD

++++ sneak peek at #3 ++++

art by : beth slutzky, zara messano, gil gentile, zac singer & liz lake, harrison sherrod

interviews with: gary panter and many more amazing artists

check back soon for more sneak peeks at art plus details on the third issue release party !!

and of course,

SUBMIT SUBMIT SUBMIT

ISSUE #3 :: DEADLINE

2009-03-25T13:48:00.000-04:00

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT WORK TO ISSUE #3 : APRIL 5th

THIS WILL BE THE LAST ISSUE UNTIL THE FALL

WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR WORK, SO PLEASE SUBMIT

JUST EMAIL: TAFFYHIPS@GMAIL.COM

{ PLEASE REMEMBER: GREYSCALE, 300 DPI }

ANY QUESTIONS ? JUST ASK !

ISSUE #2 -- RELEASE PARTY

2009-03-25T13:27:00.000-04:00

{works by maggie wong (wood, mylar) & harrison sherrod (silkscreen, paper, wood)}

{works by gil "l.a. looks" gentile (craypas, tempera, inks)}

{our flammable info table: samples of works by our interviewees (1-800-mice, by matthew thurber; the stacks, my marc bell; plus chunk of book by james mcshane) -- also: first issue!}

{additonally, we were selling zines/comics/art to raise money for the next issue. here you can see some drawings by jack rohman, and two comics/zines by zara messano.}

{jamie played us some songs. his friends, who are in a sugar ray cover band, did not, to our dismay.}

{hannah deutsch and hannah may model hd's handmade charm necklaces.}

THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING!

issues #2 is around town

2009-03-24T13:10:00.000-04:00

the second issue of the TAFFY HIPS is now officially available at:

ADA BOOKS - providence, ri

ARMAGEDDON SHOP - providence, ri

QUIMBY'S - chicago, il

& possible undisclosed locations in brookline, ma

soon:

bay area and, of course, BROOKLYN - keep yr eyes peeled

always:

copies strewn around the slc campus,
hopefully not being used to fuel the tea haus fire

RELEASE PARTY

2009-03-01T14:16:00.000-05:00

THIS THURSDAY

ASPACE AT SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

8/9PM - 11PM !!

SEE FACEBOOK EVENT FOR UPDATES, INFOS, ETC.

PLEASE COME BY & BRING SOME PALS

FREE COPIES OF THE MAG

PLUS: ZINES & FUN TO BUY (DONATE TO FUTURE ISSUES) !!!

ISSUE # 2 PRINTED

2009-02-28T13:19:00.000-05:00

NEW ISSUE FORTHCOMING

NEW WORKS BY:

HANNAH DEUSTCH
JAIME KANSLER
GIL GENTILE
MAGGIE WONG
MARGARET POWERS
MORGAN STREET
JACK ROHMAN
ZAC SINGER & LIZ LAKE

COVER BY:
HARRISON SHERROD

INTERVIEWS WITH:

MARC BELL
MATTHEW THURBER
JOE CLOWER

RELEASE PARTY THIS COMING WEEK, ASPACE, DATE/TIME TBA.
PLEASE LOOK FOR UPDATES ON WHERE TO SNAG A COPY!

NOW IS THE TIME

2009-01-08T16:15:00.000-05:00

NOW IS THE THYME
SUBMIT SUBMIT SUBMIT
<3
we are looking for all kinds of new things!
don't think you know us!
we're open minded folks.
send it all!

copies in providence !

2008-12-01T11:16:00.000-05:00

there are now some copies of the first issue in providence.

look for them at :

ada books
coffee exchange
as220
myopic books

(you should go there anyway)

soon: copies at desert island in brooklyn!

SUBMIT ... issue #2

2008-11-21T11:36:00.000-05:00

TAFFY HIPS issue # 2

deadline :: december 4th

please submit comics,
reviews, articles on comics,
art that you think is comics, etc.

if you are interested in drawing for the front or back cover, let us know!

thanks,
z+g

FIRST ISSUE !

2008-11-21T11:31:00.000-05:00

FIRST ISSUE IS OUT!

thanks to y'all who supported us and the making of this first of four issues for 08-09!

RELEASE PARTY:
Sat. Nov. 22 9pm-12am in A*SPACE

the FIRST ISSUE is...

comics by:
Gil Gentile
Zara Messano
Naomi Kaye
Emma McHugh
Thomas Trudgeon

interviews with:
James McShane
Allison Cole

cover by gil & zara, ed.

james mcshane: good to see you again

2008-10-21T17:28:00.000-04:00

james mcshane! check him out!

just one interview to be in the first TAFFY HIPS issue!
can't wait.

Taffy Hips is a Go!

2008-10-21T00:38:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone,
So we've finally gotten our funding, and we're ready to start getting more of your submissions/ideas/writings/art!

Please come to a club gathering on WED OCT 22 in the Pub's North Room at 8pm! Bring questions, ideas, art samples, etc.

Email your stuff to taffyhips@gmail.com - Everyone is welcome! Just remember it'll be in black and white on 11x17 newsprint!

Thanks! Hope to see many of you on Wednesday.
Editors,
Zara & Gil

update update update

2008-09-18T11:59:00.000-04:00

1. budget submitted, we shall see!

2. info:
It will be printed on newsprint, black and white with a spot-colored cover page, which is both cost-effective and a bonus of large scale art. The print run will be 400 copies each issue. The magazine will be issued twice a semester; deadlines for this semester are Oct 1 and Nov 3, with the magazine release one week later.

3. besides allison cole & james mcshane, we interviewed Marc Bell!

4. we've had offers of future interviews from:
Gary Panter !
Matthew Thurber !
CF !

if you don't know these peeps you should google em !
keep in the loop for more updates !

Allison Cole Interview

2008-08-26T20:18:00.000-04:00

Update!
In keeping with the providence love, zara and I interviewed allison cole and had a chill convo about her comics over scones and tea.

her comics/art/crafts can be found at:
http://www.allisoncoleillustration.com/
http://www.comicsoflove.com

-gil

james mcshane

2008-08-20T00:30:00.000-04:00

gil and i interviewed james mcshane
(a comics artist from providence, ri)
it was a blast! & very informative
look for this chat & more in the first issue

also, please check out his art:
jamesmcshane.blogspot.com

thanks james !

-zara

welcome!

2008-08-20T00:17:00.000-04:00

welcome to the blog of TAFFY HIPS

the upcoming magazine of & about comics

through sarah lawrence college, in bronxville, new york

please join our facebook group to recieve more updates

look for info on submitting this fall 2008 at slc

thanks,

zara & gil