#25: The Pet issue. Available now.
Our next issue’s ready. It’s about animals, illustration, horror, death and printing. You’re going to love it. Why not order right now?
36-page illustrated magazine, risograph-printed in Edinburgh, Scotland, with love and care.
This issue explores the pet issues you’ve never had the chance to consider. Can a greyhound be an art critic? Is there any purpose to a portrait of your pet? How do you run a risograph studio with a Norweigian Elk Hound in tow? And why do horror authors adore cats?
We’re shipping UK and US orders now, first class via the Royal Mail*.
This issue includes essays, articles, illustrations and interviews featuring…
Anna Payán
Alice Prentice
Elizabeth Sulis Kim
Elspeth Wilson
Felicity Inkpen
Gemma Correll
Heather Parry
Katie Hawthorne
Maisie Summers
Max Machen
Sophie Heywood
Sophie Robin
Steph Coathupe
*We’ll get it out the door as fast as we can. After that, it’s up to the postal service.
This issue explores the pet issues you’ve never had the chance to consider. Can a greyhound be an art critic? Is there any purpose to a portrait of your pet? How do you run a risograph studio with a Norweigian Elk Hound in tow? And why do horror authors adore cats?
Our latest issue features an original cover by Max Machen, writing and journalism from Elspeth Wilson, Heather Parry and Katie Hawthorne, and the illustrations of Anna Payán, Alice Prentice, Felicity Inkpen, Maisie Summers, Sophie Heywood, Sophie Robin and Steph Coathupe.
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This issue explores all things long and longform: tough breakups, sitting through theatre, and pushing projects through to the end. It’s also about motorways, worms and undersea cables. It’s got 54 pages risograph printed with love and care in Scotland. You’ll love it.
This issue is bursting with fantastic, incisive stories of play – including board game psychodramas, the politics of videogame violence, the hidden work behind nursery playtime and Scotland’s forgotten censorship regime – alongside original, beautiful artwork from some of the best illustrators anywhere.
Original writing and beautiful illustration focusing on the theme 'Flight'. This issue features contributions from Eunjoo Lee, Samuel Love and Hattie Clark. From aerialists and aviators, to Britain’s last fireworks factory and the world’s largest hot air balloon makers, it's our highest-flying issue yet.
Original writing and beautiful illustration inspired by the theme 'Treasure'. This issue delves into antiques, archives and adventures, including contributions from Maria Stoian, Rachel Tunstall and David Lemm.
Three-colour risograph printed magazine featuring original writing and illustration inspired by the theme 'Space'. This issue includes alien languages, coat pockets, Mars colonies, secret musical festivals and constellations.
This issue, we explore different aspects of growth, from the personal to biological and even crystalline. We learn the secrets of sourdough, investigate invasive species and explore what happens to emotional growth after the loss of a parent.
Original writing and beautiful illustration inspired by the theme 'Eating'. This issue tackles the future of food, eating in public and family recipes.
Every copy printed unique
Counterpoint is made in Leith with a special Japanese printing method called risograph.
Read it, rip it, pin it to your wall. There’ll only be a few hundred copies ever made, and thanks to mechanical misregistration and the quirks of riso printing, each one ends up unique in some way.