Things Fall Apart

With the universe intent on pulling everything apart, good intentions are not enough.

Figuring out the visuals for this strip was tricky – Izak and I went through a series of iterations, especially in the panels referring to entropy. A planet breaking apart, eggs cracking into a pan, a crumbling statue… In the end, I went for something that I could (just barely) tie in to the other panels. The text came together while we were at Hamilton Zinefest on the weekend, which we attended alongside a gaggle of massively talented people like Pepper Raccoon, Ross Murray, Zee Southcombe and even well respected New Zealand comic author Dylan Horrocks. As usual, the zinefest was a blast and people picked up quite a bit of IZS merch, from pins to posters, some of which is also available on our online store.

We’re considering heading to Overload, the NZ Comic and Manga Convention, later in the year for the first time and we’ve got a super exciting project we’re hoping to get sorted before then. I can’t give any details yet but it’s more ambitious than anything we’ve attempted to date and, fingers crossed, should be pretty fucking cool. So keep your ear to the ground – there’s exciting stuff in store.