#33 HYPE Archives • The Suburban Review

The Whale

Fionn McCabe

Page 3: Panel 1: A blue whale against a black background. The internal dialogue reads: ‘It turns out, blue whales are endangered, so acquiring one wasn’t easy.’ Panel 2: An over the shoulder shot of a father typing on his keyboard and watching his monitor angrily. Three marks above his head indicate frustration. The internal dialogue reads: ‘And a quick google search turned up a few other unanticipated issues.’ Panel 3: An elephant against a black background. The internal dialogue reads: ‘They weigh a lot. A blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a full grown elephant!’ Panel 4: A box-truck against a black background. The internal dialogue reads: ‘They eat a lot, too, about four tons each day.’ Panel 5: An over-the-shoulder shot of a father leant over his keyboard and leaning his head into his fists with a distressed look on his face. There is a tear on his face and three marks above his head indicate frustration. The internal dialogue reads: ‘I reminded myself I was doing all of this for my kids.’ Panel 6: An over-the-shoulder shot with the father addressing five pirates, holding out a briefcase to them. There are three pirates in the foreground. The farthest is wearing a pirate hat and wielding a cutlass. Next to him is a pirate wearing a pirate hat with skull and crossbones. He has a parrot on his shoulder and a hook hand. The closest pirate is wearing an eye-patch on his right eye and has his mouth open to reveal jagged teeth. The internal dialogue reads: ‘And hired a team of pirates to do whatever it took to get me that whale.'

Comic from The Suburban Review #33: HYPE by Fionn McCabe.

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Cover Art – Renee Melia

Renee Melia

Image is a hand-drawn illustration of a person standing on a dark green background. They are wearing bright orange pants, a navy blue top with lilac crosses on it, green boots, and have a large crop of bouncy black hair that sits just above their shoulders, with a light green bow on the left side. They are wearing bright blush and blue eyeshadow. The person is blowing into a light green horn – that’s long and looped over, swirling in a surreal way. Colourful abstract shapes are pouring out of the end of the horn—in shades of pink, lilac, orange, navy, yellow, orange, and peach. The shapes float around the edges of the drawing; there is a feeling of playfulness and joy.

Cover art of The Suburban Review #33: HYPE by Renee Melia.

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#33 Editorial

Erin McFadyen

We sent out this issue’s call for submissions while lining up some changes at TSR. The first of these changes will probably be apparent to you if you’re reading this note.

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Girlhoods

Maki Morita

There’s a camaraderie in the yearning, where the love interest doesn’t present a real opportunity as such, but a shared invitation to imagine what that yearning could become.

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Lottie is lucky that by never being able to purchase property or even find a secure enough rental to feel comfortable raising kids, not to mention the climate crisis, she probably would never need a family lawyer.

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Nina’s Career

Indigo Bailey

All week we inspect the meat under white light. We notice flesh risen in bulbs. I learn to use a scalpel—Nina’s hand on my hand—so that the removal is barely visible.

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