Comic: Not My Small Diary 16: You Are Here!

Delaine Derry Green deserves some sort of award (maybe a Nerdlinger?) for the massive contribution she has made to self-published comics with her Not My Small Diary Project. Every year or so, she announces a topic and solicits contributions from artists around the world. She compiles, designs, and crafts the comics into beautiful volumes with lush covers and unique bindings. (I’ve gushed about NMSD before, go here to read that post.) The latest installment of NMSD is Issue 16, “You Are Here”, all transportation-related comics. It’s two volumes, 164 pages of comic awesomeness.

The covers are by Carrie McNinch (You Don’t Get There From Here), with custom-printed stickers, drilled and bound with multicolor string reminiscent of old “Air Mail” envelopes. The comics inside cover all types of transportation: pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, bus, train, subway/elevated, airplane, and a few peculiar others, and present a range of ideas. (E.g.: Driving: Love it! Hate it!) There’s so many great entries in here that I hesitate to pick favorites, but I especially enjoyed Androo Robinson’s meditations on walking, Amy Martin’s tribute to Nichola Briggs, Peter Conrad’s tow truck adventures, and Liz Prince’s custom cat transport. Please note, that’s only a small sampling of the great comic art packed into NMSD #16.

Don’t delay! Get NMSD #16 by sending $7 via Pay Pal to delangel3@hotmail.com or by mailing $7 to Delaine Derry Green, 459 Main St, Ste 101-263, Trussville AL! And check out her web site: My Small Webpage.