Like Chucky, /mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine Keeps Returning
/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine Volume II, Issue 2, April 2026, is now available. Head to the webshop to get your copy or one of the fine establishments around Chicago that carry the zine: Quimby’s, Chicago Comics, Sheep Cult Comics, and if I ever get down there, the Block House Gallery.
As always, it’s an edition of 100, printed on 60lb paper, and is 40 pages of absolutely delightful Chicago art, artists, ephemera, history, poetry, and more
IN THIS ISSUE: Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe quote; Robert Motherwell lithograph; Ralph Arnold exhibition catalogue; Meet Chicago Artist Daniel Wilson; Tony Tasset artwork; Greetings from Chicago mural; A Far Side Comic Panel by Gary Larson; Anthony Bourdain quote; The Chicago Picasso; Morris Barazani exhibition invite; Eleven South Side Art Institutions to Visit; Ben Hecht quote; Lizzadro Museum Lapidary Art; You Weren't There - A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984; Mehigan Weeden drawing; The Chicago Flag; Chicago art ephemera; Chicagoland artist David Alton; Chicago Arts Organization PullmanArts; Chicago Artist Colonies Book Review; Chicago Roller Skate Company; Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi; RIP Chicago artist Frank Piatek (1944-2026); Chicago’s second poet laureate Mayda Alexandra del Valle; Meet the Collector Susan Gescheidle; Poems from Kevin Coval; Chicago artist Mia Lee; and I guess that’s about it for this month.
As always, if you’re if you’re a Chicago artist or have a demonstrated connection to the City and its surrounding areas, send your artwork, art criticism, art history, poetry, or any other art-related creation, along with a short bio, to menasgallerychicago@gmail.com. Please understand that not all submissions will be used and/or responded to. In addition, as this is a photocopied zine, please send work that is simple and high contrast, in order to appear at its best.