E J Zyla
E J Zyla is a Brisbane based artist who created the zine Haich, Bird_Habit + the Mini zine I A Scribe.
BIO
+++Lord + lady E J Zyla can be found warring with words in her cardboard castle ...just west of the badlands... She also tricks inks + paints that make shapes to resemble her hoard of tamed monsters... Avert your eyes, or be caught up in her modern voodoo+++
THE ZINES
Haich is a heavy Illustrated graphic novel style zine ( 2008 - ) Created by E J Zyla
"...Haich started out as a platform to thrash out an idea without any specific direction – It is a make it up as you go zine – The idea behind it is that a letter of an alphabet can be so much more than just a part of a whole- You can create stories out of anything – Haich inspires me..." [E J Zyla, H_introduction contact page]
Bird_Habit - Graphic Novel styled zine, containing short stories based on dreams.
Issues
- Haich.1 - and the mechinations of History (September 2008): Theme 'Mechinations of History'. Collectors Edition 250;comes with spray painted clear cover; 8 black and white photocopied pages; This issue also features a 'Book Token'. (Collect the first 4, follow directions to receive the 5th free)
- Issue 2 - Haich.2 ...oF SCIENCE AND SHADOWs...(March 2009): Theme: 'of science and shadows'.
Based on a nightmare. Edition 250;8 black and white photocopied pages; bound in cardboard with spray painted design on cover. This issue also features a 'Book Token'. (Collect the first 4, follow directions to receive the 5th free)
- Issue 3 - Haich.3 Love + Gravity(May 2009): Theme 'Love + Gravity'. Edition 250; 8 black and white, photocopied pages; bound in cardboard and a colour printed poster. This issue also features a 'Book Token'. (Collect the first 4, follow directions to receive the 5th free)
Bird_Habit is a zine that has stepped beyond the perameters of what an art zine could be.
More akin to a Graphic Novel than an Artist Book, it has been called an 'Art object' with 'Journeyman styled peotry'
- The purpose was to create a zine that is a free form medium to explore + extrapolate on concepts remembered upon awakening from slumber.
A dream guide, made into short stories with an A5 page Illustration to accompany them. Edition 250 in A6 (10.5 x 14.75cm); 10 Black + White, Laser copied pages. Limited Edition copies of 50; recycled cardboard covers with antique paper bookplates + number plates in front + back inside covers. Front + Back covers on LTD EDs' come with custom Gocco Prints; signed + numbered by the Artist E J Zyla
