Datura magazine˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
Datura Magazine is a josei-inspired comics anthology series featuring a range of speculative and realist stories for an queer adult audience that, like the poisonous datura flower, might have an edge to them.We look to expand on ideas of "Girl's Love," along the lines of how its counterpart BL can be a gender-expansive space
Datura mascots Dahlia & Tulip
by Steph Bulante!
♡ Issue One ♡
Comics by Pa-Luis, Emma Jayne, Mar Julia, and Cathy G. JohnsonCover art by Steph BulanteTitle design by Mar JuliaEdited & produced by mar & sunmiInteriors printed by Ipsy Bipsy Studio
Cover printed and assembled at Lucky Pocket Press & Friends Studio.
OUT OF PRINT!!!
𓇊 Issue Two 𓇊
Comics by remus jackson, Lyle Lewis & P, A.A. Pandya, and Rosemary Valero-O'ConnellCover art by Rosemary Valero-O'ConnellTitle design by Mar JuliaEdited & produced by mar & sunmiInteriors printed by Ipsy Bipsy Studio, Cover printed and assembled at Lucky Pocket Press & Friends Studio.second edition printed at binch press/queer archive work!
ꕥ Issue Three ꕥ
COMING SOON!
Comics by Karen Czap, Shan Wright, leigh luna, and sunmiCover art by Molly MendozaTitle design by Mar JuliaEdited & produced by mar & sunmicover printed at binch press/queer archive work, Interiors printed at shandaken: projects print studio
𓇬 faq 𓇬
are you open to submissions?
no, sorry!why the high price point?
this zine is 100% made by hand by us and our many collaborators plus all proceeds go to the artists, so we want to make sure everyone is fairly compensated! the digital version is priced to be more affordable and continues to support the production of the magazine.how can I get copies for my retail store?
please email [email protected] with the subject line [Datura Wholesale]. we will only consider wholesale, no consignment. unsolicited emails will be deleted.how can I support datura?
get a copy for yourself or a friend, share our posts on social media, support the artists featured in the magazine. more opportunities to come for letters & the like!xoxo ❣
❣ PRESS ❣
- COMICS GRIDLOCK November 2023: Dewdrops on the Petals on Solrad Magazine
- Vibrantly, Loudly Passionate: a review of Datura on The Cartoonist Cooperative Journal
- The Best of 2023, as Decreed by Our Contributors on The Comics Journal