IBO X: MELT is available NOW at Backstreet records, Castlecarry, The Feel Good Store, Hero’s Beacon, and Union House! Get ‘em before they’re gone! It’s our last issue!❤️ 🫠
COMING in Spring 2026: IT’S BURNING OFF X: MELT
IBO is now seeking your submission of black & white art, comics, essays, poetry, & stories (800 words or less) along the themes of:
-spring thaws
-transitional seasons
-ocean and river voyages
-waterfalls, freshets, and floods
-release & catharsis
-awakenings
-controversial new directions
Send your stuff by April 22, 2026 to [email protected]
IT’S BURNING OFF is now seeking your submissions of black & white art, comics, essays, poetry, & stories (800 words or less) along the themes of:
-passions extinguished
-ice cream dates
-hearts broken and repaired
-terrible Tinder experiences
-first loves
-cold comfort for change
Send your stuff by FEB 1, 2026 to [email protected]
December 2025 felt like walking to a party in a sleet storm during a power outage (first photo). In many ways it was an overwhelming month, but I’m so grateful that the hard parts were balanced out by great times with phenomenal people ❤️
Key moments: launching the exhibition for ENGL3716, marking sessions with dog (and human) friends, celebrating, celebrating, celebrating, making art and making faces, moving studios, settling into new routines.
out now (while supplies last) at select uptown locations: IBO VIII: HEARTH & HOME - a ✨ limited-edition ✨ holiday number featuring odes to the festive season, Bigfoot sightings, outlaw gas-thief deer, a guide to hospitality by @kakuterulounge & much more.
OUT NOW: It’s Burning Off VII: BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL 🕯️ Our sophomore Halloween issue featuring tales of ghostly voices, spooky comics, NB witch trials, unexpected encounters in Fernhill (not ghosts), a lunar word search PLUS a bespoke advertising supplement from the singular @hatchandparley 🚪. Find it at @backstreetsj@heroesbeaconsj@emporia.saintjohn@feelgoodsj@castlecarry.sj@obscurityshop & more while supplies last.
P.S. does anyone have a source for some TYPE K saddle stitch staples???? We’d love you to death 💀
Joined Emily Brass on CBC Information Morning Saint John to talk about our upcoming graphic novel, There Is a Moral in This — and why the voices of Sheffield Street still matter today.
Did anyone happen to catch it live this morning? Stay tuned for more updates on the project soon!🖤
IBO VII: Burning the Midnight Oil is in the works - thanks to all the contributors. Watch for this spooky, autumnal upcoming number on the streets of SJ in October 2025 🕯️ 💀 🔥
