Inés Estrada's Blog, page 218
August 7, 2014
holagatosaurio:
Hate Soup by Edwin Sandoval is now available...
Hate Soup by Edwin Sandoval is now available online! Be ready to have your mind blown and destroyed to a sensless pulp after reading this amazingly violent comic. Featuring comics about: real drug cartel torture techniques (as seen on their own self-made videos), an alien with a dick that turns its sex slave’s faces into goo and a maniac driver with psychotic fantasies.
August 5, 2014
A commission I did for someone at RIPExpo. Thanks to all the...
A commission I did for someone at RIPExpo. Thanks to all the organizers and attendants, I really enjoyed being part of this festival and hanging out in Providence!!! I’ll see yall later at CAB in Brooklyn ; )
July 31, 2014
inechi:
IRIS is a substance that exists in all women. It...
IRIS is a substance that exists in all women. It appears to be a sensible and powerful chemical, but due to the changing nature of its state, it has been studied scarcely and thus remains a mystery.
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IRIS is a project I made in collaboration with Edición Instantánea in Morelia, Michoacán. We produced a silkscreened edition of 60 copies of this zine, and I drew and watercoloured extra stuff on each copy. Each zine is huge! (26.5 x 33 cm / 10.4 x 13 in) so, because it would be a hassle to mail that, and because I only got very few copies for myself, it will not be available online. If you’re interested in getting a copy, you can get it at:
* RIPExpo (Providence, US) / August 2 & 3
* Lobo Zin Pellejo (DF, México) / Agosto 16
* Helsinki Comics Festival (Finland) / September 5, 6 & 7
July 30, 2014
sequentialstate:
Musings: CS by Inés Estrada
I’ve spent the...
Musings: CS by Inés Estrada
I’ve spent the past few weeks pushing through a backlog of books that I’ve been slowly accumulating since TCAF, and I wanted to step away from that a bit to focus on some of the small press things I’ve been reading recently. A recent acquisition is Inés Estrada’s new comic CS, a 16 page mini risograph in neon pink and green.
CS is billed as something of a micro/macro love story – it features an unnamed protagonist living on the skin of a person she admires. A mosquito bite becomes a route of entry for our protagonist, who is eventually ambushed by what appears to be cells from the person’s immune system. The comic is part comedy, part tragedy, all wrapped up in a surreal vision of the human body.
One of the ideas that Estrada toys with in CS is the visceralness of relationships. We often get so invested into our partners or lovers that we have the tendency to get consumed. A part of us changes when we let ourselves go; we feed off of that person, we fall into that person like we fall into bed.
Estrada also seems to be saying that being so fully invested, so absorbed in these types of relationships can be unhealthy. Our main character dies a horrible death, all the while saying to the void, “I’m not afraid […] I’m where I want to be.” That theme of death inside the relationship is really powerful – is Estrada saying we let ourselves fall into these relationships too quickly? Or is she contemplating the loss of self that accompanies these types of relationships?
Estrada’s illustration is earthy and not afraid to be cartoony at the same time. Some of my favorite panels were of the protagonist falling down the rabbit hole – there’s a sense of seriousness coupled with a whimsy that permeates the comic.
A final point perplexes me – the main character seems to be in two places at once throughout CS, sitting beside her companion while simultaneously being digested by him. I think this echoes earlier points, but I like the mirrored visuals, the idea that we can be such a small part of a person and yet be right next to them.
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Notes: My scanner can’t handle neon, so I’ve used some publicly available scans for the images of the comic. I think I’m in love with neon colored riso-printing, but it doesn’t make for very good blog content.
You can check out Inés Estrada’s website here and she tumbls at inechi. Estrada has been a contributor to kuš, among other publications. CS was published by Sacred Prism, the zine publishing vision of Ian Harker (tumblr: sacredprism). You can buy Estrada’s comics at Gatosurio.
July 29, 2014
yo no estaré físicamente presente en este cotorreo pero ahi...
yo no estaré físicamente presente en este cotorreo pero ahi estarán mis cosas con mis compas de ediciones cabellos
July 28, 2014
holagatosaurio:
Fuck hope, here’s Hate Soup! We are very...
Fuck hope, here’s Hate Soup! We are very excited to be debuting this new zine by Edwin Sandoval this weekend at RIPExpo!
Hate Soup compiles comics and illustrations about the mexican drug cartel’s horrific practices of torture and dismemberment. These atrocities, filmed in video by their perpetrators, have been documented as insanely detailed drawings by Edwin throughout the last three years. This zine also contains a comic about an alien dominatrix and a man who has psychotic fantasies, plus a couple of funny illustrations of narcocorridos.
Note: If you didn’t get it from description, we’ll make it clear, this is NOT for the easily offended and certainly not for kids.
We will also be debuting IRIS by Inés Estrada, plus, we’ll be distroing stuff by our comrades Ediciones Joc Doc, Monocromo (RIP) and Zúngale. And of course you’ll be able to find our usual comics, stickers, prints and pins by Inechi.
Hate Soup will be available online shortly after the festival!
another new thing i’ll be having for RIPExpo : )
IRIS is a substance that exists in all women. It appears to be a...
IRIS is a substance that exists in all women. It appears to be a sensible and powerful chemical, but due to the changing nature of its state, it has been studied scarcely and thus remains a mystery.
———————————-
IRIS is a project I made in collaboration with Edición Instantánea in Morelia, Michoacán. We produced a silkscreened edition of 60 copies of this zine, and I drew and watercoloured extra stuff on each copy. Each zine is huge! (26.5 x 33 cm / 10.4 x 13 in) so, because it would be a hassle to mail that, and because I only got very few copies for myself, it will not be available online. If you’re interested in getting a copy, you can get it at:
* RIPExpo (Providence, US) / August 2 & 3
* Lobo Zin Pellejo (DF, México) / Agosto 16
* Helsinki Comics Festival (Finland) / September 5, 6 & 7
July 25, 2014
queenofswordsinverted:
soooo stoked to be debuting this dream...
soooo stoked to be debuting this dream scheme/ sticker vending machine at RIPExpo next week! generously lent to me by Jacob, this bright red baby will be stuffed full of new, full-color vinyl stickers by power sibs MEG and IVY POWERS, MIMI CHRZANOWSKI, INES ESTRADA, MICKEY Z, PEPPER AMES and a bunch of other friends B^) here’s a preev of five outta nine designs- i was trying to keep them under wraps but i got too excited…. after RIPE it’ll be taking up residence in a PVD business, with rotating seasonal designs- more on that later….
woooo so excited for this!! sim a sucker for stickers
July 23, 2014
we’re almost finished with IRIS, silkcreened in black with neon...
we’re almost finished with IRIS, silkcreened in black with neon colors. im drawing and painting on each page from the whole edition of 60 copies. debuting in the states at RIPExpo!
si están en Morelia, Michoacán, caigan a la presentación este fin! aca el evento: https://www.facebook.com/events/259774014224389/
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