COVER: CHRIS NORRIS
Ninja Comic #1–4 (comics)
INTERVIEW: Charlie McPherson
ELENA N. ANDREWS (fiction/essay) The Good Book
POLLY BAKER (poem) Jouissance
ALEC V. BAYMOS / TERRENCE WINTHROP (poem/annotations) The Touch Stone, Part I
KIRSTY S. FINER (fiction) My Heart was an Ocean or The Cars, the Rain, the Rolling Skies
FRANKLIN FRADTNER Miss Toshiyori’s Sangaku Games
ALYSSA LAURENT (poem) The Day She Broke
SABRINA LOPEZ'S SCIENCE PAGE: The Scanning Tunneling Microscope
CHARLIE McPHERSON (painting series) BITS & PIECES:
first bit
first piece
final bit
final piece
CHRIS NORRIS Ninja Comic
CHRIS NORRIS (painting series) untitled
ANSON RIVERSIDE (fiction) The Talk They Talk on the TV
BEA TRAVEN (novella) A Hymn of Harlotry
LETICIA TRUONG Architect: San Francisco Loft
CARLOS TYPHOON (quick stories)
I Have a Mind…I Exist!
I Have a Heart…I Exist!
Please…Tell Me I Exist!
Chris Norris is a Venice-based artist and musician. When he’s not painting or drawing, he sings and plays bass for M.R. Snakes, a band specializing in rock, country, psychedelic, blues, funk, and even heavy metal music.
This was definitely one of the hardest issues for us. It featured the innately optimistic and uplifting paintings/drawings of Chris Norris, along with some of our favorite pieces by some of our favorite contributors. Unfortunately, it is difficult for us at RANK! to separate the content of the issue from the tragic circumstances surrounding its publication…
