A physical copy to have and to hold as a zine is meant to be loved and appreciated.
Providing you with moments of giggling and/or crying to yourself on the couch.
A perfect gift for someone who is going through cancer treatment right now and you don’t know what to send them.
It isn’t the same, but you do get it right away.
You can scroll, you can zoom in, you can try to print it on your own to have and to hold but it won’t be the same…digital facsimiles never are.
Man, I wish you were holding the printed out version instead, but I’m still glad you are interested in checking it out.
I created a 48-page zine about my experience undergoing cancer treatment to share and connect with others.
The zine includes:
5 original essays exploring that hardest and most tender aspects of being a cancer patient
2 hand-drawn comics highlighting some of the absurdities
Eating map, hand-drawn, of the area around Sloan Kettering main hospital and the Sloan Kettering Rockefellar Clinic
Movies and playlists that were important to me during treatment
Quotes that hit me to the core and still reverberate inside me.
Collages, lots of them, exploring different facets of treatment from painting your nails for surgery to how to make your radiation treatment a fun social hang with your friends.
Infographic breaking down the actual costs of treatment
and more!
Preview some of the selected pages below:
preview of the inside cover of the zine
preview of the spread of eating maps around the hospitals
preview of the 18 Months of Recovery Through Hair collage
preview of Essay #3 of in the zine
a friend, SISTER, AUNT, COUSIN, COLLEAGUE, CAREGIVER, FRENEMY, ESTRANGED TENNIS PARTNER, LOVER, EX-LOVER, CRUSH, NEIGHBOR, NEMESIS, GRANDCHILD, STUDENT, TEACHER, MENTOR, MENTEE, TEAMMATE, BAND MATE, ROOMMATE, PROTEGE, PATIENT, PARENT, PATRON, or PARAMOUR!
or to send to yourself
A physical copy to have and to hold as a zine is meant to be loved and appreciated.
Providing you with moments of giggling and/or crying to yourself on the couch.
A perfect gift for someone who is going through cancer treatment right now and you don’t know what to send them.
Here I am with Sylvea of Wrong Casa who I worked with closely on bringing the zine to life.