#24 Art & Comics

Sperm in the head

A black and white photograph of a figure against a white background, framed from the waist up. The figure is shrouding their face with a dark grey drape, perhaps a sheet of fabric, or even a towel, and it flows down to the bottom of the image. They wear a black jacket with loose, crumpled sleeves coming in at the wrists. On their left wrist is a thick metallic watchband. They grip the fabric to their head tightly, fingers tense.

A photograph, entitled ‘Sperm in the head’, by Carmen Hau for The Suburban Review #24: UGLY.

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Cover Art – Mandy Ord

Mandy Ord’s front cover of The Suburban Review #24: UGLY is an up-close illustration of the lower half of a person’s face, looking up towards the top right corner of the frame. They are wearing a light blue surgical mask, covering their mouth but not their nose. We can see into the black void of their nostrils, with pores and nose hairs visible. Their skin is painted in greenish-yellow tones, the collar of a dark brown shirt visible at the bottom of the image. The person takes up most of the frame; the small glimpses of the background in the corners of the image are pitch black.

Cover art by Mandy Ord for The Suburban Review #24: UGLY.

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Frogs without the royalty

A two-page comic by Erica Lange for The Suburban Review #24: UGLY.

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