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)