By ION on Mar 1, 2009 in CONTRIBUTORS
Who Helped Make It Happen For Issue#55
Read some shameless self-promotion from the people behind issue#55
WRITER [SHALLOM JOHNSON]
Shallom Johnson wrote the article on TiFdyL for us. Aside from writing, she also makes art and dances. She has a blog called Stylefinds and is somewhat addicted to online social media. She is more interested in little details than big pictures, and can often be found photographing the parts of the city that nobody really thinks very much about. Shallom works too much and spends very little time sleeping, and is therefore forced to daydream—for fear of never dreaming at all. She is rather complicated and kind of nerdy, and is sometimes as confusing as she is confused. Every once in a while she gets inspired and comes up with something good—maybe even bordering on awesome. Other times she just parties a lot and ends up wandering home at 4am with someone else’s Ray-Bans on top of her head, having drank too much vodka and smoked far too many cigarettes. And no, she does not plan to give the sunglasses back.
ILLUSTRATOR [JESSE WIILLIAMS]
Jesse Williams did the illustration for the Clubfeet article. Jesse is a designer/illustrator from North Vancouver. He is inspired by the great outdoors, Thai food and traveling. When he has spare time he likes to put it to good use by eating spicy foods and taking frequent catnaps. Jesse is graduating from the IDEA program at Capilano University in the spring. He can’t wait to get naked and hit wreck beach.
PHOTOGRAPHER [TIM McCREADY]
Tim McCready took the photos of Jon and Steve for the Telephone Explosion feature. He’s the Production Manager for VICE Magazine in Toronto and plays bass in a garage/soul band called the Bang Bangs. Last week he started shooting a talk show called Scotch Talk that he’s hosting with his friend Alex Hughes. They’ll be aggressively interviewing their friends and are seeking sponsorship by Glenlivet. His girlfriend Adrienne Reid will be shooting and editing it. Episodes will be two minutes long, with updates on Monday mornings at 10am on his blog. He’s almost finished DREAMACHZINE, a collection of dream stories, with corresponding illustrations. Between the writers and illustrators he has submissions from over 100 contributors, including Brian Borchardt from Holy Fuck, Isis Salam from Thunderheist, ION editor Michael Mann, VICE Canada Editor Sarah Steinberg and TV Carnage’s Big Pinky. Even though it’s 130 pages, he’s still calling it a zine because he’s hand-binding all 250 copies. Since each contributor gets a copy for free, there won’t be a lot left over for sale so keep your eyes open.
