https://indrafonseca.com Indra Fonseca Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:57 +0000 https://indrafonseca.com en https://indrafonseca.com/Front-page Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:52 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Front-page &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="799" height="335" width_o="799" height_o="335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76db51a1e8e2eb0636dcda496fcabda366e6061226499fd90827e4922b58fa64/Indra-Fonseca-logo---transparent.png" data-mid="246770753" border="0" data-scale="9" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/799/i/76db51a1e8e2eb0636dcda496fcabda366e6061226499fd90827e4922b58fa64/Indra-Fonseca-logo---transparent.png" /> Artist, translator and riso printmaker writing comics with a hint of autobiography and magical realism. Recent News <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55ae8c99b7621fd28affcd7f3412a39dc93787838dce8f2d762b78c37363ab2a/Preview-jpg-fire-horse-v3---final.jpg" data-mid="246772485" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55ae8c99b7621fd28affcd7f3412a39dc93787838dce8f2d762b78c37363ab2a/Preview-jpg-fire-horse-v3---final.jpg" /> The Fire Horse Ignites the World, my submission to Riso Pop‘s exhibition was on view for several weeks at their Amsterdam gallery, closing on March 16th. The theme was, of course, the Fire Horse.I am not very well versed in Chinese astrology, but I drew inspiration from the cleansing and transformational power of fire. In my mind, it became a neat little constellation with the Demian quote “Who would be born must destroy a world”, which also echoes the concept of creation after destruction. Motion, color and atmosphere were a lot more important than figures, so the fire horse is the only shape with any linework.I also couldn’t stop thinking of Rapidash and actively tried to avoid any Pokemon comparisons...The illustration was printed by Aafke at Riso Pop and copies will be available to buy around June! <img width="1084" height="768" width_o="1084" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9c94eb53f4873ff4953278fcd9718390652abed3531bb0c1135fdbae9c02531/vlcsnap-2026-04-01-18h05m15s612.png" data-mid="246773004" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9c94eb53f4873ff4953278fcd9718390652abed3531bb0c1135fdbae9c02531/vlcsnap-2026-04-01-18h05m15s612.png" /> <img width="1084" height="768" width_o="1084" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01952430296b15fc70a55f5d05eb0e387b198b81018a614c85f38197b314a245/vlcsnap-2026-04-01-18h04m32s343.png" data-mid="246773006" border="0" data-scale="53" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01952430296b15fc70a55f5d05eb0e387b198b81018a614c85f38197b314a245/vlcsnap-2026-04-01-18h04m32s343.png" /> Sketchy versions of the Fire Horse <img width="1670" height="1741" width_o="1670" height_o="1741" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecf2ff6e67cea5a85154f1eb9ca349a9aa41fa92721ac3cf1c0514ff6879d369/IFonseca-PlannerForBusyGeckos-copy.jpg" data-mid="236115258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecf2ff6e67cea5a85154f1eb9ca349a9aa41fa92721ac3cf1c0514ff6879d369/IFonseca-PlannerForBusyGeckos-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2318" width_o="1500" height_o="2318" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea8a66207bfc27e02b8b5c650b1a3357bbc3cc51a05f9108b6ea7647e645ed9e/Wheel-of-Suffering-IndraFonseca.jpg" data-mid="236115114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea8a66207bfc27e02b8b5c650b1a3357bbc3cc51a05f9108b6ea7647e645ed9e/Wheel-of-Suffering-IndraFonseca.jpg" /> <img width="2814" height="2927" width_o="2814" height_o="2927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3838081a843c6f8a8003b31cf3fd1acea59285dd71b3ec38ffe134ee601ee8f/COVER-FOLLOWERS-OF-CIVILIZATION.jpg" data-mid="236115261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3838081a843c6f8a8003b31cf3fd1acea59285dd71b3ec38ffe134ee601ee8f/COVER-FOLLOWERS-OF-CIVILIZATION.jpg" /> Gecko Merch:&nbsp; The Planner for Busy Geckos is a Month + Week planner designed to tear away the weeks as they pass while keeping the important monthly dates on view. As a busy gecko myself, who juggles personal appointments, freelance projects and a riso studio, I needed an uncluttered and smart planner, so I designed it myself. Wheel of Suffering is a five color riso print based on my thesis project, Dripping Sun, showing the protagonist Eva’s cycle of unfortunate events she’s trapped in as a working gecko in a hostile city -- relatable! Followers of Civilization is a zine about some of my favorite gecko facts that I collected over the year I spent working on my thesis project. Guaranteed to make you more fun at parties! Available at the Tori Press web shop. https://indrafonseca.com/Dripping-Sun-1 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:53 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Dripping-Sun-1 <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce938e28890f4115023d692c952ce78e827b5bfc43bb904723373c73cbebc457/1440x900px.jpg" data-mid="236115902" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce938e28890f4115023d692c952ce78e827b5bfc43bb904723373c73cbebc457/1440x900px.jpg" /> Dripping Sun is the story I developed as thesis at the MFA Visual Narrative program.&nbsp;It is a 150 page graphic novel about Eva, a young engineer who moves back to her family’s hometown after inheriting her grandma’s house. Eva is surprised to find the town from her childhood memories has grown into a larger city, a hostile industrial place that nevertheless offers opportunities for young, hardworking professionals like herself. Eva has such difficulty adapting that she starts manifesting her discomfort through her own body and other unnatural events that happen around her, becoming progressively more unsettling: from losing her own shadow to the materialization of a dark sphere in the sky, weighing over the city. At the same time, Eva finds more information about her family which leads her to reevaluate her own choices and aspirations in a city that isn’t at all what it seems. <img width="1159" height="1634" width_o="1159" height_o="1634" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c31e324b249925717363dfebdc593b11368f40c91a06dd6b593596559e0ccca0/mrboss.png" data-mid="236118040" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c31e324b249925717363dfebdc593b11368f40c91a06dd6b593596559e0ccca0/mrboss.png" /> <img width="349" height="445" width_o="349" height_o="445" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19d085f218b70c01ccfb8269cbfd0751820f57058251ff48850772d2a6a16903/shadow-eva-copy.png" data-mid="236118042" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/349/i/19d085f218b70c01ccfb8269cbfd0751820f57058251ff48850772d2a6a16903/shadow-eva-copy.png" /> <img width="1003" height="1123" width_o="1003" height_o="1123" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6853fb859ee8b4fbccfffadacab303545059e830f61fe520c0b2308c434e7e47/severedtails.png" data-mid="236115865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6853fb859ee8b4fbccfffadacab303545059e830f61fe520c0b2308c434e7e47/severedtails.png" /> <img width="372" height="393" width_o="372" height_o="393" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce668bdec3b958b5d6dc529486f7834e4b0057d215ec86ee23febf4b10fac7a8/Cronengecko.png" data-mid="236115866" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/372/i/ce668bdec3b958b5d6dc529486f7834e4b0057d215ec86ee23febf4b10fac7a8/Cronengecko.png" /> I wrote Dripping Sun to reflect on my own complicated feelings about work and the culture around me. As an interpreter, I have worked on several industrial sites that have given me a greater awareness of insidious practices and ways of thinking that I am still processing. And just like Eva, I have felt alienated and adrift in the cities I’ve lived in, but have turned to my family history to ground myself and help shape my identity. Sometimes it is easier to feel compassion and relate to a small critter, without the trappings of the human form. I use animal characters to focus on the emotional reality of my experience and thoughts while adding a layer of magic that is true to the wonders of the natural world. I hope that readers trying to find their way in an imperfect world can relate to Eva’s experiences and reflect on their own place in the communities they belong to. I am currently seeking publishing opportunities and literary representation for Dripping Sun. If you’re interested in reading the pitch, please send me an email!&nbsp; <img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fac82afeba10394aa0d581d5bee79f65a7bf240d0df4d5e7488aa680df84b320/Eva---character.jpg" data-mid="236115869" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fac82afeba10394aa0d581d5bee79f65a7bf240d0df4d5e7488aa680df84b320/Eva---character.jpg" /> https://indrafonseca.com/Followers-of-Civilization Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:54 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Followers-of-Civilization <img width="1616" height="2474" width_o="1616" height_o="2474" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/935c48c94de218ce329e343b63127629e1d05ff539853ecaa4c9420f572c1e75/Indra_Fonseca_FollowersofCivilization.jpg" data-mid="236118249" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/935c48c94de218ce329e343b63127629e1d05ff539853ecaa4c9420f572c1e75/Indra_Fonseca_FollowersofCivilization.jpg" /> <img width="1633" height="2487" width_o="1633" height_o="2487" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bce17b59639a3f30322d353961a68575c512e6d3401d25e50c5000da411f6dc/zine-back.png" data-mid="236118268" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bce17b59639a3f30322d353961a68575c512e6d3401d25e50c5000da411f6dc/zine-back.png" /> As part of my thesis project Dripping Sun, I researched geckos for over a year. This 20 page zine is a collection of some of my favorite gecko facts, including pages on the common house gecko (hemidactylus frenatus) and the mourning gecko (lepidodactylus lugubris), species that greatly informed my characters. &nbsp; <img width="1587" height="2453" width_o="1587" height_o="2453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4d0584ebf7c473e5d3af7b2a5dede8c00ce38535ebb881a2993e15762e8578d/zine-spread-7---Copy.png" data-mid="236118257" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4d0584ebf7c473e5d3af7b2a5dede8c00ce38535ebb881a2993e15762e8578d/zine-spread-7---Copy.png" /> <img width="1653" height="2539" width_o="1653" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e94f3f9f048ad033a114030a85c8c8148298d86c190aebfa2e3e6ed65448c36/pg2---geckos.jpg" data-mid="237513042" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e94f3f9f048ad033a114030a85c8c8148298d86c190aebfa2e3e6ed65448c36/pg2---geckos.jpg" /> <img width="1653" height="2539" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b615756c66b0eea39d543ca6398bde36b0095f2e1397847051da9a7d91fb4500/spreads---tails.jpg" data-mid="237513055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b615756c66b0eea39d543ca6398bde36b0095f2e1397847051da9a7d91fb4500/spreads---tails.jpg" /> <img width="3307" height="2539" width_o="3307" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bf6ffcd2d4d0fc71667a0d6a6b073b3da26f572588df0c7d3204f5b90ab5b2d/spreads---vb-geckos.jpg" data-mid="237513056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bf6ffcd2d4d0fc71667a0d6a6b073b3da26f572588df0c7d3204f5b90ab5b2d/spreads---vb-geckos.jpg" /> Riso printed at the RisoLAB, using raspberry and hunter green. https://indrafonseca.com/Planner-for-Busy-Geckos Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:54 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Planner-for-Busy-Geckos <img width="1670" height="1741" width_o="1670" height_o="1741" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecf2ff6e67cea5a85154f1eb9ca349a9aa41fa92721ac3cf1c0514ff6879d369/IFonseca-PlannerForBusyGeckos-copy.jpg" data-mid="236121091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecf2ff6e67cea5a85154f1eb9ca349a9aa41fa92721ac3cf1c0514ff6879d369/IFonseca-PlannerForBusyGeckos-copy.jpg" /> As a busy gecko myself juggling freelance jobs, grad school and my personal life, I appreciate tools for effective planning and organization.&nbsp; Designed to tear off weeks and months as they go by, the planner - and your worries - will get lighter as time passes. <img width="1737" height="2587" width_o="1737" height_o="2587" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b47672f41076fd2f7af9564095e633245208fbe79303112432be64e1f1536ef/planner-back.png" data-mid="236121102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b47672f41076fd2f7af9564095e633245208fbe79303112432be64e1f1536ef/planner-back.png" /> <img width="1726" height="2563" width_o="1726" height_o="2563" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eff84fca275a4b5fbbed7607e3e108336226f4c00811c90e3005e04aa4677699/planner-week.png" data-mid="236121098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eff84fca275a4b5fbbed7607e3e108336226f4c00811c90e3005e04aa4677699/planner-week.png" /> <img width="1799" height="2571" width_o="1799" height_o="2571" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c25f259440dc49c5e0f436cb7348a633dd8548f505027f799459af60ee31971/planner-month.png" data-mid="236121094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c25f259440dc49c5e0f436cb7348a633dd8548f505027f799459af60ee31971/planner-month.png" /> <img width="1809" height="2666" width_o="1809" height_o="2666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4566eef6348585486a7381e1d2113abeab3c0043f7b372388c88b4b63661f052/planner-cover.png" data-mid="236121103" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4566eef6348585486a7381e1d2113abeab3c0043f7b372388c88b4b63661f052/planner-cover.png" /> <img width="3344" height="2603" width_o="3344" height_o="2603" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e729f87cefaef2d2e8c5ac8a5f3966cb07042549b74c6e7b55e07640b580039c/planner-interior.png" data-mid="236121096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e729f87cefaef2d2e8c5ac8a5f3966cb07042549b74c6e7b55e07640b580039c/planner-interior.png" /> Printed at the RisoLAB using raspberry and fluo orange. https://indrafonseca.com/Ritual Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:55 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Ritual <img width="2835" height="2835" width_o="2835" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4569a21f55e9f2269910abed577bd5dd7c1b1462f78010043d7cfa4c77f11687/Ritual-frente.png" data-mid="236121140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4569a21f55e9f2269910abed577bd5dd7c1b1462f78010043d7cfa4c77f11687/Ritual-frente.png" /> Ritual is a comics anthology around the theme of Ritual, edited and printed by myself and Liv Gehrke.&nbsp; We held an open call for English and Spanish-speaking artists, with the purpose of editing a bilingual anthology. English submissions were translated to Spanish, and viceversa.&nbsp; My own comics submission, Memories of Stone, appears below. <img width="1867" height="2396" width_o="1867" height_o="2396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/315eaccaa74d6949a17901f0de3635aa546d91f2f61cef3b186f55060bf19e26/Memories-of-Stones-RISO_0001_PAG1.jpg" data-mid="236121146" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/315eaccaa74d6949a17901f0de3635aa546d91f2f61cef3b186f55060bf19e26/Memories-of-Stones-RISO_0001_PAG1.jpg" /> <img width="1867" height="2396" width_o="1867" height_o="2396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5644d77c6e03eb0e9570fb7677a450c4b9a698394afbfb64028841ceea0d8c0f/Memories-of-Stones-RISO_0000_PAG2.jpg" data-mid="236121147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5644d77c6e03eb0e9570fb7677a450c4b9a698394afbfb64028841ceea0d8c0f/Memories-of-Stones-RISO_0000_PAG2.jpg" /> <img width="1867" height="2396" width_o="1867" height_o="2396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcb08ed73f53bcbe29eb522e77314281b09cf12167630984aa85e36c934a3ce7/Memories-of-Stones-RISO_0002_PAG3.jpg" data-mid="236121148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcb08ed73f53bcbe29eb522e77314281b09cf12167630984aa85e36c934a3ce7/Memories-of-Stones-RISO_0002_PAG3.jpg" /> Ritual was printed in Summer 2024 at the SVA RisoLAB, using purple and bright red. <img width="1800" height="1022" width_o="1800" height_o="1022" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/930a8155d68506d3cfdbfa155b5e079958d84a5b71f4655771d1ecef046601fd/Ritual-frente-y-reverso-copy---light.png" data-mid="236121144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/930a8155d68506d3cfdbfa155b5e079958d84a5b71f4655771d1ecef046601fd/Ritual-frente-y-reverso-copy---light.png" /> Cover art by Sophia Hisert https://indrafonseca.com/The-Rat-Who-Fell-in-Love-With-the-Moon Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:55 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/The-Rat-Who-Fell-in-Love-With-the-Moon <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/561c5057038b2109130b53c6a6630f131511a5f02592f89edb14e878d45b0553/MFAVN-shirt---final-version.jpg" data-mid="236121165" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/561c5057038b2109130b53c6a6630f131511a5f02592f89edb14e878d45b0553/MFAVN-shirt---final-version.jpg" /> Commissioned by the MFA Visual Narrative department to be the 2024 limited edition shirt of the program.&nbsp; My original concept was “the rat who fell in love&nbsp;with the moon and made a zine about it”. It celebrates the&nbsp;loving&nbsp;process of creation, knowing it can happen in the most mundane circumstances, even in a tiny nook hidden in the subway. It also reminds us to make work that is meaningful to ourselves, as a way to celebrate our own existence and our experience of the world. And never forget to share it with others… that’s when the magic happens! <img width="3728" height="4773" width_o="3728" height_o="4773" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7205e27d2518327c5d624eedec7b1553d99cf67d8500deb94a2a80bfb50763c2/i1.jpg" data-mid="236121306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7205e27d2518327c5d624eedec7b1553d99cf67d8500deb94a2a80bfb50763c2/i1.jpg" /> <img width="2565" height="2565" width_o="2565" height_o="2565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dac722b2c4d42d38e99b6d1016622da4b2c3c6d7196a5228a358753cca9287cf/MFAVN-shirt-picture2.jpg" data-mid="236121167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dac722b2c4d42d38e99b6d1016622da4b2c3c6d7196a5228a358753cca9287cf/MFAVN-shirt-picture2.jpg" /> Photo credit: Lisa Cheong https://indrafonseca.com/Guia-de-supervivencia-para-la-visita-de-la-Crofeco Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:56 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Guia-de-supervivencia-para-la-visita-de-la-Crofeco +<img width="1773" height="2453" width_o="1773" height_o="2453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e91a4ebd5849d8c1c27c08e77abfa5f8412c3b44eb27cc62803d4675f4e49c5/MSC-portada.png" data-mid="236148736" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e91a4ebd5849d8c1c27c08e77abfa5f8412c3b44eb27cc62803d4675f4e49c5/MSC-portada.png" /> <img width="1742" height="2464" width_o="1742" height_o="2464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb01545beaead3bdc7ab069341c68a8a9d25574d853f46cc818746f3c257f866/MSC-3---Copy.png" data-mid="236148747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb01545beaead3bdc7ab069341c68a8a9d25574d853f46cc818746f3c257f866/MSC-3---Copy.png" /> <img width="1248" height="615" width_o="1248" height_o="615" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efad53748aec8af81a2df514e12948d892aa936ae64b6e5b37a8f9d7877f1a91/MSC-4---Copy.png" data-mid="236148751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efad53748aec8af81a2df514e12948d892aa936ae64b6e5b37a8f9d7877f1a91/MSC-4---Copy.png" /> <img width="1731" height="739" width_o="1731" height_o="739" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bea82d654badfff2f50f0951a8fc926229411230265109b9703e50c4d3687936/MSC-2---Copy.png" data-mid="236148749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bea82d654badfff2f50f0951a8fc926229411230265109b9703e50c4d3687936/MSC-2---Copy.png" /> +<img width="1773" height="2453" width_o="1773" height_o="2453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1cb15b257645b48f964f6fd690f100a7fcd520a042dc14e98ee470758deba0d/MSC-contraportada.png" data-mid="236148753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1cb15b257645b48f964f6fd690f100a7fcd520a042dc14e98ee470758deba0d/MSC-contraportada.png" /> Educational comic created for a private client to aid in workshops. Script provided by the client, after which I provided editing, character creation, and layouts. Riso printed by myself at Tori Press, using cornflower blue and black. https://indrafonseca.com/Lone-Rat Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:56 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Lone-Rat <img width="1232" height="1567" width_o="1232" height_o="1567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/514f61c821372365772ac3e8a687f10923d345b6d72c9522924044d22e2212d7/LR-portada.png" data-mid="236148884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/514f61c821372365772ac3e8a687f10923d345b6d72c9522924044d22e2212d7/LR-portada.png" /> <img width="1232" height="1567" width_o="1232" height_o="1567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de9cebd23cd65cc8e94eff63a7c7bd9cdff811c99509d3789bd78d1ffb1939b3/LR-contraportada.png" data-mid="236148900" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de9cebd23cd65cc8e94eff63a7c7bd9cdff811c99509d3789bd78d1ffb1939b3/LR-contraportada.png" /> What if all the rats in NYC are actually the same rat?? An urban myth by the friend of a friend, Lone Rat is real in my heart. One page zine printed at the SVA RisoLAB in purple, green, black and orange. <img width="1232" height="1567" width_o="1232" height_o="1567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffabd1755318db6746173b1291cf06fe104439ea86ea1aaa2263f33050d456b5/LR1.png" data-mid="236148893" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffabd1755318db6746173b1291cf06fe104439ea86ea1aaa2263f33050d456b5/LR1.png" /> <img width="1217" height="1580" width_o="1217" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00d1ee271c991b8580b72ed0e8cf4490e8e8270b46d9d7fc292a45ed1ba9b1a4/LR2.png" data-mid="236148895" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00d1ee271c991b8580b72ed0e8cf4490e8e8270b46d9d7fc292a45ed1ba9b1a4/LR2.png" /> <img width="1217" height="1580" width_o="1217" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/543deb603b90473618782f767453bba0997f973eb84d2843cf08ad025286ca0c/LR3.png" data-mid="236148896" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/543deb603b90473618782f767453bba0997f973eb84d2843cf08ad025286ca0c/LR3.png" /> <img width="1217" height="1580" width_o="1217" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8911eb3ffcda0b8988bdc67e8fced362ea9a8dce0d7b94713e42f263358f45c8/LR4.png" data-mid="236148897" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8911eb3ffcda0b8988bdc67e8fced362ea9a8dce0d7b94713e42f263358f45c8/LR4.png" /> <img width="1217" height="1580" width_o="1217" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca982d686cd6f629741958ba054872e9d02509494c204cba31eb37695c3c821c/LR5.png" data-mid="236148898" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca982d686cd6f629741958ba054872e9d02509494c204cba31eb37695c3c821c/LR5.png" /> <img width="1217" height="1580" width_o="1217" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63e599ed70a15fe374a09aa9c1e432ab9ce0066b63631165d7e4645ba904700e/LR6.png" data-mid="236148899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63e599ed70a15fe374a09aa9c1e432ab9ce0066b63631165d7e4645ba904700e/LR6.png" /> <img width="1232" height="1567" width_o="1232" height_o="1567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de9cebd23cd65cc8e94eff63a7c7bd9cdff811c99509d3789bd78d1ffb1939b3/LR-contraportada.png" data-mid="236148900" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de9cebd23cd65cc8e94eff63a7c7bd9cdff811c99509d3789bd78d1ffb1939b3/LR-contraportada.png" /> <img width="3111" height="4924" width_o="3111" height_o="4924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/178fdc9e69cb2c16e465a29e6eec11f05bf10695dc774ff45b03362e2c47c75a/Lone-Rat2--Indra-Fonseca.jpeg" data-mid="236148885" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/178fdc9e69cb2c16e465a29e6eec11f05bf10695dc774ff45b03362e2c47c75a/Lone-Rat2--Indra-Fonseca.jpeg" /> Hidden poster on the back. Lone Rat is everywhere all at once!&nbsp; https://indrafonseca.com/Mapa-de-barrio-La-Puri Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:57 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Mapa-de-barrio-La-Puri <img width="3468" height="4624" width_o="3468" height_o="4624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08dcb4c464023c60c81f248b2a140d9c6ff3c87ed9ae0c3cf84a74d094fff757/La-Puri-Map-3--Indra-Fonseca.jpg" data-mid="236149139" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08dcb4c464023c60c81f248b2a140d9c6ff3c87ed9ae0c3cf84a74d094fff757/La-Puri-Map-3--Indra-Fonseca.jpg" /> <img width="1385" height="2504" width_o="1385" height_o="2504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1c204f4fb69e5c1e323b310204982a2b16d683ab106e64ba8b0823c8f3cd43b/La-puri.png" data-mid="236149135" border="0" data-scale="62" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1c204f4fb69e5c1e323b310204982a2b16d683ab106e64ba8b0823c8f3cd43b/La-puri.png" /> <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/001f7e0d24d4ff30cf09d9957b05bfcb8ef40670acf33e5b29b6b63bee466930/close-ups-la-puri1.jpg" data-mid="236149792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/001f7e0d24d4ff30cf09d9957b05bfcb8ef40670acf33e5b29b6b63bee466930/close-ups-la-puri1.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27adf1474a70412b1094c521824089d24490bd875d68597c64aa8ac49f0a267f/close-ups-la-puri2.jpg" data-mid="236149793" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27adf1474a70412b1094c521824089d24490bd875d68597c64aa8ac49f0a267f/close-ups-la-puri2.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19746138210af6b2a895812fae0c03d804999b8ad7e6e11f991df80b35832f17/close-ups-la-puri-4.jpg" data-mid="236149823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19746138210af6b2a895812fae0c03d804999b8ad7e6e11f991df80b35832f17/close-ups-la-puri-4.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed0514a62ce66db21eac74080fb040cab2510eb77be9e3775f6b62fa56baf9f4/close-ups-la-puri-5.jpg" data-mid="236149824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed0514a62ce66db21eac74080fb040cab2510eb77be9e3775f6b62fa56baf9f4/close-ups-la-puri-5.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="900" width_o="1440" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a04b4a9ada16fffc0b35b6505eb2753ef12de2e50068990eafe88f63f7d0f4b2/close-ups-la-puri-3.jpg" data-mid="236149788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a04b4a9ada16fffc0b35b6505eb2753ef12de2e50068990eafe88f63f7d0f4b2/close-ups-la-puri-3.jpg" /> In 2023, I was approached by residents of the La Puri neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico. They wanted to create a neighborhood map to guide new residents to historical and iconic locations in the area. I created the layout and art, while the clients supplied the list of locations. The map was a great success and had three reprints of the 1st edition, totaling around 1000 copies. <img width="4193" height="2539" width_o="4193" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b2c30c6aa1b97db1c76ddeb1a67081afe568b6b22ed74e9fd7a3699a2760077/La-Puri-Mapa---Indra-Fonseca.jpg" data-mid="236149375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b2c30c6aa1b97db1c76ddeb1a67081afe568b6b22ed74e9fd7a3699a2760077/La-Puri-Mapa---Indra-Fonseca.jpg" /><img width="4193" height="2539" width_o="4193" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aee2fbda87cfe760902813125a9bbd94921653832dc475d1e45693aa5c45044b/La-Puri-Mapa-2--Indra-Fonseca.jpg" data-mid="236149376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aee2fbda87cfe760902813125a9bbd94921653832dc475d1e45693aa5c45044b/La-Puri-Mapa-2--Indra-Fonseca.jpg" /> Printed by myself at Tori Press, with red, turquoise, and orchid inks. https://indrafonseca.com/Comics-Poetry Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:49:57 +0000 Indra Fonseca https://indrafonseca.com/Comics-Poetry <img width="2500" height="829" width_o="2500" height_o="829" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1c0b4ed3095412803559916ef6bb030bf4c1f2fbf21d5246afee92148530f63/Emily-Dickinson-Indra-poem.jpg" data-mid="236151742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1c0b4ed3095412803559916ef6bb030bf4c1f2fbf21d5246afee92148530f63/Emily-Dickinson-Indra-poem.jpg" /> Comics adaptation of Emily Dickinson’s It’s All I Have to Bring Today.<img width="1875" height="2300" width_o="1875" height_o="2300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87487bc7a84ba4f5015a6881a69f85b802b02caa678b444588ea9340bdfe0794/vertical.svg" data-mid="236110866" border="0" style="width: 581.96px; height: 713.871px; display: none;" src="//freight.cargo.site/w/700/q/75/i/87487bc7a84ba4f5015a6881a69f85b802b02caa678b444588ea9340bdfe0794/vertical.svg"> I started experimenting with comics poetry in Susanne Reece’s CE class of the same name at SVA. It was immensely illuminating and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to explore new approaches to comics. <img width="3240" height="2702" width_o="3240" height_o="2702" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f69d7d637836c8ced85feac3d2edfe94128caedae52ad167fd3febcfc86e387d/2-IndraFonseca-LifeIsNotEasilyBounded.png" data-mid="236157338" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f69d7d637836c8ced85feac3d2edfe94128caedae52ad167fd3febcfc86e387d/2-IndraFonseca-LifeIsNotEasilyBounded.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01f3bdb1b0880bf1c0a93be263d8cea3a618dea68dfa61e4ef476d2d2057cba6/blackout-text-COVER.png" data-mid="236150584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01f3bdb1b0880bf1c0a93be263d8cea3a618dea68dfa61e4ef476d2d2057cba6/blackout-text-COVER.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cf025bd5c5f4875bfbe19129a777e2b66beae106c6053aaf5fbc8f9b2a95a0b/blackout-text-pg1.png" data-mid="236150585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cf025bd5c5f4875bfbe19129a777e2b66beae106c6053aaf5fbc8f9b2a95a0b/blackout-text-pg1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfd85160ebc982dc6469d264c947dd325bb110439120ba5e8fc5b319f4bf7c33/blackout-text-pg2.png" data-mid="236150586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dfd85160ebc982dc6469d264c947dd325bb110439120ba5e8fc5b319f4bf7c33/blackout-text-pg2.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b39b38a6603f77ff577f8ac32d4977e017aded55ca9e40a17f54ce4ac111a3f/blackout-text-pg3.png" data-mid="236150587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b39b38a6603f77ff577f8ac32d4977e017aded55ca9e40a17f54ce4ac111a3f/blackout-text-pg3.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0df4f2a311bd1c44905f59188332ab0c25e5eded5edf186d10bb20bb5a10c287/blackout-text-pg4.png" data-mid="236150588" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0df4f2a311bd1c44905f59188332ab0c25e5eded5edf186d10bb20bb5a10c287/blackout-text-pg4.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c83f9ea866ea2e97a22de2fe72642f3a25fcfab363c3e890e2c955294af92a2b/blackout-text-pg5-2-new.png" data-mid="236150808" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c83f9ea866ea2e97a22de2fe72642f3a25fcfab363c3e890e2c955294af92a2b/blackout-text-pg5-2-new.png" /> Life is Not Easily Bounded is a poem based on Derek J Skillings article published on Aeon.co that explores what constitutes an individual. The poem uses words from the article, from blacked out text and rearranged &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="794" height="1057" width_o="794" height_o="1057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/376a2b36e8e7f26c89f62e246e7291c4ce3ee6b030394b182439fd638daacac4/insta1.jpg" data-mid="236150540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/794/i/376a2b36e8e7f26c89f62e246e7291c4ce3ee6b030394b182439fd638daacac4/insta1.jpg" /> <img width="794" height="1057" width_o="794" height_o="1057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0486985a5d7af2a202bfbd6f1b04d3264981c6f6a54c4552d667205f1b0e8837/insta1_0003_2.jpg" data-mid="236150539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/794/i/0486985a5d7af2a202bfbd6f1b04d3264981c6f6a54c4552d667205f1b0e8837/insta1_0003_2.jpg" /> <img width="794" height="1057" width_o="794" height_o="1057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31f958ea5fa0f1a23f5bf650489acec6496ae8e3420eb1281032d2ae4f38fd2b/insta1_0000_5.jpg" data-mid="236150541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/794/i/31f958ea5fa0f1a23f5bf650489acec6496ae8e3420eb1281032d2ae4f38fd2b/insta1_0000_5.jpg" /> <img width="794" height="1057" width_o="794" height_o="1057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fa8239e452d369153aed1b199e4b40f1b018193600aaaded7a2be196a5cbe34/insta1_0001_4.jpg" data-mid="236150537" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/794/i/9fa8239e452d369153aed1b199e4b40f1b018193600aaaded7a2be196a5cbe34/insta1_0001_4.jpg" /> <img width="794" height="1057" width_o="794" height_o="1057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb19ec09f4910a455ef024bf147a6a6b643a4dff0090917c0a795d71f6f41e23/insta1_0002_3.jpg" data-mid="236150538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/794/i/fb19ec09f4910a455ef024bf147a6a6b643a4dff0090917c0a795d71f6f41e23/insta1_0002_3.jpg" /> Spiders was an exploration of poetry from the perspective of an arachnid that is simultaneously tiny and larger than life. <img width="3680" height="1577" width_o="3680" height_o="1577" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f96ce80bf242e684729805a4c438f71f6697e9da52ee8a9df00319532f7be350/3-IndraFonseca-Process.png" data-mid="236150561" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f96ce80bf242e684729805a4c438f71f6697e9da52ee8a9df00319532f7be350/3-IndraFonseca-Process.png" /> In Process I used abstract images to explore my own feelings in the aftermath of my father’s passing. We had a complicated relationship, and never fully found how to integrate each other in our lives.&nbsp; <img width="3320" height="1432" width_o="3320" height_o="1432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/496119cb57e75b17a105df32640f8d6745c51fc6451a247f72467ed252271c1e/Fonseca_Assignment4_SpringPig.png" data-mid="236150554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/496119cb57e75b17a105df32640f8d6745c51fc6451a247f72467ed252271c1e/Fonseca_Assignment4_SpringPig.png" /> Warm nostalgia explored in haiku form, respecting the 5-7-5 verse form.