zines and art telling small stories from everyday still life
alex mary burgess makes words and pictures in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, the desert heart of Australia, on the unceded lands of the Arrernte people.
Grow Baby
a zine about that feeling you get when you baby is born really, really really small
(2024)
Going Places
a zine about the love you have for the family you find
(2022)
Life isn’t easy
a zine about making life when life isn’t easy
(2022)
PERFECT
a zine about getting together with your family
(2022)
broody
a concertina zine about swollen ovaries
(2022)
Still life with SPAM
a zine about food at the end of the world
(2020)
the end
a zine about apocalypses
(2020)
Surviving COVID-19: advice from Tom Hanks in A League of their own
a zine with limited recommended health advice
(2020)
this pandemic BINGO
a game on a card
(2020)
secret horse
a zine about an international horse of mystery
(20219)
loss of identity
a zine about losing oneself
(2019)
secret horse
a poster about an international horse of mystery
(2018)
Existential He-Man
a zine about growing up
(2018)
It’s a man’s world
a singing card about the indirect messages we receive from waste disposal units
(2018)
small-scale domestic catastrophes
a zine about the hard things in life
(2018)
what’s buffy wearing today?
a choose -your-own-adventure zine about Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s incredible wardrobe and how it came to be
(2017)
snapshot rodeo
a zine about cowboys
(2016)
choose-your-own-adventure
a choose-your-own-adventure activity manual
(2016)