SW/ON #5
Edition: 150 copies. Printed using environmentally friendly duplicating machines at KG Press studio, Kaunas. More information: kgpress.org
KAUNAS, 2015
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INTRODUCTION THIS IS THE 5TH ISSUE OF THE ZINE, WHICH IS STILL WITHOUT NAME AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE SO FOREVER. SO THE NAME OF THE ZINE WITHOUT NAME WILL ALWAYS BE STILL WITHOUT NAME OR JUST SW/ON. THE TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE IS ‘KAUNAS’. IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS OR WHERE IT IS YOU ARE LUCKY. IF NOT IT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WHAT HAPPENS IN KAUNAS CAN HAPPEN EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. LOCAL IS GLOBAL AND GLOBAL IS LOCAL. THIS OCCURS SINCE THE OLD WORLD ORDER OF PRIMITIVE RITUALS WAS CHANGED BY OBSCURITY, INSTABILITY, VOLATILITY AND CHAOS. OUR TIME IS THE TIME OF TOTAL UNCERTAINTY AND IT WILL BE SO TILL THE END OF THIS TIME. BUT IS IT GOOD OR BAD, YOU MAY ASK. NEITHER ONE NOR THE OTHER, WE WILL ANSWER. IT IS JUST WHAT WE DESERVE. SO ACTUALLY THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY. MAYBE JUST ONE THING: THIS ISSUE WAS CREATED IN CONNECTION WITH KAUNAS COMICS RESIDENCY (KCR) PROGRAMME. KCR GUEST ARTIST BENJAMIN COURTAULT FROM FRANCE IS THE ONLY ONE ARTIST FROM ABROAD. ALL OTHER ARTISTS IN THIS ANTHOLOGY ARE FROM LITHUANIA. WE’D LIKE TO MAKE IT A TRADITION THROUGH OUT THE OTHER ISSUES OF SW/ON AS IT IS A GOOD KICK FOR LITHUANIAN ARTISTS TO SHOW THEIR BEST. AS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL READERS IT IS A REAR POSSIBILITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL GLOBALISM OF LITHUANIAN COMIC ART. YOUR KG TEAM
Ula Rugevičiūtė Rugytė
Justė Venclovaitė
Benjamin Courtault
Inga NavickaitÄ—
Karolis Savickis
Ieva GvazdaitytÄ—
Greta Alice
Justė Urbonavčiūtė
Nojus Štaudė
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CONTRIBUTORS #5 Ula Rugevičiūtė Rugytė – 3-8 pgs Justė Venclovaitė – 9-13 pgs Benjamin Courtault – 14-24 pgs Inga Navickaitė – 25-30 pgs Nerijus Smola – 31-32 pgs + 2 pg + covers + layout Karolis Savickis – 33-37 pgs Ieva Gvazdaitytė – 38-43 pgs Greta Alice – 44-50 pgs Justė Urbonavičiūtė – 51-54 pgs Nojus Štaudė – 55-59 pgs THANK YOU VERY MUCH!