Photograph of cover and first page of a short zine. Everything is drawn with different colours of ink pens Cover reads for title "Surviving is not the same as living, by Alex A." The title is framed with a drawn vine, there's a drawing of a radiation symbol, a strawberry and a secondary school. Bottom reads "Refuge 17, District de Montréal" (Shelter 17, district of Montreal) Page 1 title reads "First week (i think)". Two simple stick figures are in the middle, holding hands and looking unhappy. A speech bubble on the smaller character is empty. Bottom text reads "Antonio says it's okay. I believe him". Text floating around reads "too many people - don't talk - too loud - stay - i don't know what day it is - too loud - don't move"
Photograph of the second and third pages of a short zine. Everything is drawn with different colours of ink pens Page 2: Scroll drawn with rules. Rules read "listen to leadership, curfew at 21:00, report all injuries, rations are assigned, work is mandatory, quiet hours 21:00 - 6:00, training is mandatory, all item must be logged, no running". Out of the scroll, faded in red ink, reads "No freedom" Page 3 has the drawing of an open pocket knife with a wooden handle. Text reads "Not everyone deserves access - to your space - to your thoughts - to your body." then "Defense isn't only against enemies", then "Sometimes, it is against friends - exhaustion - yourself."
Photograph of the fourth and fifth pages of a short zine. Everything is drawn with different colours of ink pens Page 4: Drawing of a lightbulb in the background. Text over it reads "I like knowing what happens next. Morning bell, inventory, lunch, workshop, dinner, generators... LIGHTS OUT." then lower "If something changes without warning, my whole body reacts." Then at the very bottom "It's embarrassing." Page 5 shows the drawing of a gas-fueled generator. The text is on top of it, but framed in a rectangle. It reads "I sleep better when the generator is running. The humming is like the sound of calm breathing."
Photograph of the sixth page and back cover of a short zine. Everything is drawn with different colours of ink pens Page 6: Drawing of a catholic cross. The text is around and reads "I never learned proper prayers. Are you supposed to kneel? I dunno... Sometimes, I just lay in bed. I say thank you for today being quiet. I dunno if it counts." then, smaller at the bottom: "I hope it does..." Back cover is framed by a red barbed wire. The text reads "There's this feeling that if i ever stop contributing, i'll disappear. No one has ever said that to me before... but i think it anyway." Then, bigger a bit lower "So i fix things" the word "hope" is written at the very bottom, outside of the barbed wire frame, and it is signed MikanSparkle
My first zine was inspired by my apocalyptic story #thewanderers (in progress), and is in the point of view of a child, Alex, who just arrived at the shelter with their older brother.
Covers are on the first and last pictures
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