In Autumn 2023 I had the first edition of a zine printed, including two stories of mine: Sounds from the Deep (2022), and Love, Helen 2.0 (2023).

Both stories have a scifi undertone, but where Sounds leans to (a bit Lovecraftian) horror in the end, Helen is a melancholic lovestory. Sounds was the first comic, where I seriously processed the story through several steps and really put time and effort to make it the best I could at the time. It still looks beautiful to me. Love, Helen was originally designed and executed in one weekend for Zineton 2023. The version in this zine is remastered, mostly concerning the dialogue. With more time, there could have been more nuances and the story a bit longer, but I feel I managed to create a full background to the story without having to explain everything. Helen gives the readed the climax of the storyarc.

You can read Sounds here on my website digitally and Helen’s original version at Zineton’s website. However, this zine includes two extra pages of related art and full colour coverart for Sounds. Also, as my stories are print-born (layout and design is meant for printed comics and the stories meant to be read as a physical magazine), I do think the reading experience is better as a zine. Though it was my first time ordering prints, I was lucky in choosing a local printhouse Monisto, who delivered quality work.

The zine is 20 pages (Sounds 8 pages b&w, Helen 8 pages colour, 2 pages of extra art b&w/colour , coloured covers) and the price is 4€ plus postage (5€ within Finland). If you’re interested in buying, let me know through email or DM in Instagram. Cheers!