Sean Tejaratchi is an American graphic designer, art director and writer.
He is currently based in Los Angeles, but cut his teeth working on alt-weeklies in Portland, Oregon in the 90s.
Sean is known for creating the clip art zine Crap Hound, and was voted one of "The 25 Funniest People on Twitter" by Rolling Stone in 2012. He also is known for the blog LiarTownUSA that defined what a modern satirist is in the early 2000s.
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Behold!
For the second time in three years, I’ve finished an “Additions” issue. This one contains 20 pages of Suns, Moons & Stars, 14 of Superstition, 24 of Hearts & Eyes, 20 of Books & Bees, and 17 of Death, Phones, & Scissors.
This multi-topic format has been surprisingly enjoyable. If I’d thought of the approach earlier, I could’ve skipped previous strategies of revisiting past topics: breaking issues into two parts, adding pages to later editions, or including a separate addendum. With the new approach of bundling several topics in dedicated “Additions” issues, I can focus on the topics that have adequate material, setting aside more recently covered (or more slowly acquired) topics until they’re ready.
I’m able to cherry-pick the best new images, building pages and finished spreads at my leisure. And as a final bonus, the freedom from deadlines lets me experiment on layouts, trying things I’ve long considered but never got around to.
The center spread of this issue is a perfect example.
The four typefaces in the back of this issue were all taken from old advertising materials. None had names, so I did the honors.
Well, it looks like I’ve reached the end of the limited space I intentionally left for an intro this time around.
That’s it for now, friendo. Enjoy this second
Additions issue, and thank you for reading!
