Author name: David Mahler

DAVID MAHLER is a comic artist and filmmaker and Comics + Art Editor for The Suburban Review. Their first comic book ‘Deep Park’ was published in 2013 and their most recent, ‘The Secret Ingredient’ was hand-risograph printed and released during a residency at Tree Paper Comics in 2018. Their work has been published in The Lifted Brow, Cordite Poetry Review, Entropy, Voiceworks and more. They are interested in comics which utilise form to support a story. Additional graphic design at TSR is thanks to David.

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Q&A with Clea Chiller

A photograph of artist Clea Chiller against a brick wall background. Clea is smiling broadly at the camera. She has a dark brown bob. Her hair is pushed back with three bobby pins. She is wearing dangly geometric pink and purple earrings.

Our Art + Comics Editor David Mahler interviews Clea Chiller about her comic ‘Balance’ for #16 UNFUNDED. Read the interview here.

Q&A with Eric Kons

A photograph of illustrator Eric Kons in a black turtleneck and round black glasses sits superimposed on a background featuring a phone screen in landscape orientation. The phone screen is set to a camera app which is displaying an undulating gray background, and the top of the screen reads "THE SUBURBAN REVIEW ISSUE #17 THEFT."

Our Art + Comics Editor, David C Mahler, interviews TSR #17 contributor Eric Kons about his illustration ‘Read Words’ accompanying Annelise Roberts’ poem of the same name, published in #17 THEFT. Read the interview here.

Q&A with Leonie Brialey

A black and white image of a person with a massive knitted scarf around their neck. The image shows their head and shoulders, with a mostly white backdrop, with the vague outline of a small rocky outcrop behind them.They have long, dark hair that is pulled back, but some wispy curls are present around their face. They wear a dark shirt, and they are smiling slightly.

Our Art + Comics Editor David C. Mahler interviews TSR #16 contributor Leonie Brialey about her illustration for Sam Elkin’s ‘Tops’. Read the interview here.