Cat-shaped heart


a perzine collection


articulated themes                  



  • the subtleties of animal-human relationships and mutual activation of one another as vessels of feeling;
  • an individual appreciation for the mundane bonds I have with my cat, my body, and our shared animalness;
  • questioning what is public and personal through an exchange of deep intimacy/vulnerability;
  • explicit inclusion of trans nudity and queer joy in the face of unrelenting censorship as a survival tactic to disrupt oppressive, cisnormative systems.

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                    material reality

  • zines: accessible, hand-crafted items that celebrate flaw and the process of creation.

risograph: a medium that imbues each comic with a lifespan of its own.  


1. cat-shaped heart


2. imprinted


3. texture in path


4. sun in me, sun in you


5. channel vein


6. of a heart(that gives all)


7. marred




2025; hand-bound riso-comic perzines (108mm×140mm; 4.25”×5.5”)

editions of 40


Printed at ARTSLab, funded by the UNM honors college as a hila major capstone.





handmade books

demon comic (2023)

book of friends (2023) part I: oboe

book of friends (2023) part II: boris

derivative monster (2025)

venture (2025)