Gabrielle Bell   Issue #38

The comic artist talks about transforming her lucky life into brilliant comic art, her relationship with Michel Gondry, and her English grandmother’s suckerpunch stories

Simply Spellbound

Caitlin Shearer channels the fountain of youth through her paintbrush

Picture perfect

Chan Marshall and Norah Jones make acting debuts in My Blueberry Nights

Agent Green   Issue #35

Environmental-friendly designers go undercover

Make art, not war

Sarah Sophie Flicker and the Citizens Band fuse politics and cabaret

Trading places

Ron Livingston journeys through the child sex trade in Holly

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Use your household trash to make fresh canvases

Swap 'til you drop   Issue #33

Clothing swaps are good for your wallet and the environment

'Death at a Funeral' review

Death brings life to the party in Frank Oz's latest comedy

Coming of age and finding a way

In Katherine Taylor's pseudo-autobiography, learning to let go can be the best lesson of all

Malicious Designs

Sheana Hinesley is planning to take over the lingerie world, one panty at a time

Scene & Unheard   Issue #32

Bangkok, Thailand

Locher's

This Paris atelier delivers sugar and plenty of spice with a delectable collection of naughty tees and necklaces

STORE OF THE ISH   Issue #31

Show Pony

Estasketch

Love may be a battlefield, but this Australian artist puts up a good fight with some help from a few superheroes

'3 Needles' review

Independent filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald presents three intimate portraits of the global AIDS crisis

Denise Burge

This folk artist lays down her needle and thread to take a musical leap into film

'The Octonauts & the Only Lonely Monster' by Meomi

Eight friendly critters embark on a global adventure to help a friendless sea monster

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Step1: Create Pulp

By Mengly Taing

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Step 2: Make a Deckle Frame

By Mengly Taing

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Step 3: Create the Slurry

By Mengly Taing

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Step 4: Level out the Slurry

By Mengly Taing

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Step 6: Couching

By Mengly Taing

The Art of Making Paper   Issue #33

Finished Paper

By Mengly Taing

Make art, not war

By Mengly Taing

Make art, not war

By Mengly Taing

Make art, not war

By Mengly Taing

Make art, not war

By Mengly Taing

M.I.A.   Issue #33

With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.

By Anne-Marie Payne

Get into Flower Arranging

By Cortney Heimerl

Elsie Flannigan of A Beautiful Mess

By Amy Strauss

Venus Zine Crowns the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll!   Issue #44

PART 1: STAFF PICKS

By Venus Zine Staff

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, H–M   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

Fans get double doses of rain and Radiohead at All Points West

August 8-10, 2008, at Liberty State Park

By Dominick Mastrangelo