audra mcnamee

This Could Fix Everything

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by

audra
in
cover: this could fix everything. Audra and Allia hold a copy of the zine (with the same, recursive cover image), it shines a cone of light, projecting the title. Audra has big hair and glasses, Allia has bangs.
Page 1: Allia: "I saw this and I loved it. And I thought, you know who will love it even more? Audra." Audra sits on the couch on her laptop, a cat lies next to her and she talks to haley. Audra: "Oh my gosh this system is so powerful, and all in markdown. Which notes do I move first. I can use icloud to sync. What plugins are good for images. Can we move the shared zine work over? This is better than video games. Haley: "Are you going to go to bed?" Audra: "Maybe". Audra lies in bed in a dark room staring at the ceiling. "This could fix everything."
Page 2: "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP." Panel 1: Audra sits up in bed bleary eyed, her watch is vibrating and it's dark outside. Panel 2: Allia taps at her phone on her nightstand in her dark bedroom "ugh." Panel 3: Sunrise alarm clocks could fix everything. Audra and Allia lie on opposite sides of a large round light clock illuminating their faces. "Regain a circadian rhythm!" "Slowly forget the sweet rays of the real sun!"
Page 3: Safety Can openers could fix everything (crossed out), opening cans (crossed out), gift giving (emphasized). Panel 1: A demonstration of a safety can opener, twisting around a can. "Easier to maneuver. Panel 2: The top of the can pops off with no sharp edge. "Smooth, dull edge. Top can't fall in!" Panel 3: "Never again fish sharp lids out of bean juice" Allia: "It's the perfect gift! You can give it to your parents, coworker, crush, sister-in-law..." Audra: "Isn't that a bit impersonal?" Allia: "gifts should be personal?"
Pages 4, Panel 1: Physical Therapy, a PT talks to Audra, "To fix your back do theses simple exercises 3x/Day for the rest of your life." Panel 2: Glasses. Allia tires on some glasses, "this is great" Audra: you're not allowed to wear them in the comic tho."
Page 5, Panel 1: A heel lift. Audra sticks a small lift in one of her shoes, "they've been different lengths the whole time?" Panel 2: Vitamins, Allia holds two bottles of vitamins, "Maybe THIS is what's wrong with me."
Page 6: Panel 1 and 2: Everyone having the same pair of boots. Identical bluntstones on feet, and then in a confusing pile. Panel 3: Not listening to podcasts. Audra lies over the side of a couch holding her earbuds, "I can hear my own thoughts!" Saunas. Audra, Allia and friends lie in a dark sauna.
Page 7: panel 1: Overalls. Allia: "everyday." Panel 2: Weekday skiing. Audra sits on the ski lift, "psh I can work on the weekend." Panel 3: Ruby's mom's weed. In the foreground a jar of weed, in the background friends sit around an outdoor table on a covered deck smoking.
Page 8: Panel 1: "..." Allia lies on her bed staring at the ceiling looking despondent. "Maybe only time will fix this." Panel 2: Audra flops down next to Allia.
Inside back cover: a black and white cat curled into a ball.
back cover: A piece of notebook paper with a list. Could fix everything: carrying around a book in a fanny pack, bring back your dreams of becoming a baker (jk jk) (unless...), women's pockets, maybe stem cells, blueberry muffin, feeding the cats after 10pm. Audra: "... really?" Allia: "AFTER 10 pm?"

You can see the more charming print version on Allia’s site, or buy a print copy or a PDF. We’re actively collecting things for volume 2 (I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but not everything seems fixed yet. Still working on it). So: if you’ve got anything that could fix everything, drop me a line.

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