7-pre-order
Note this is a pre-order item that will ship on Friday 11 September ‘Conceived, written, made, printed and forever sleepless under the spell of New York City, which never once let go’ Several years after the crazed AI of issue six, the seventh Civilization is a calmer affair by it’s own standards, but still a punch in the face compared to most magazines that pass our doors. Interlocking texts fill 14 of the pages (the final two a double page spread poster reading ‘I forgive me for the mess I made’), 80,000 words, all black and white with bright orange details and interventions throughout. Think Tetris rather than a traditonal grid structure. On the cover, Kurt Woerpel’s angel mascot is in flames—the burning theme has been appearing through the issues’s social media promos. As ever, a brilliant if terrifying record of mundane day-to-day language and the way it twists and turns when transferred from the overheard to the printed page. civilization.bigcartel.com
