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Comics bringing together fast fashion, low wages, and trafficking together in a series of vignettes taken from the lives of industry vets

Celebrate Wicker Park/Bucktown is a magazine presented by chicago-pipeline.com and oururbantimes.com. It contains articles, stories, and advertisements from Wicker Park and Bucktown businesses.

The scene is familiar; you are chatting with your roommate about possible adventures to partake in around the city. Laura Szumowski gathered such a list she made with her roommate and illustrated them with location details and adorable graphics.

Being Irish in Chicago means you're blessed with proud heritage and with a hometown abundant in opportunities to celebrate your roots. Look beyond the shamrocks and green beer and into the heart and soul of Irish Chicago with this comprehensive guide.

<p>From the introduction: This zine is about objects. Everyday things. Things that surround us. Material stuff we have found, and that has found its way into surroundings, one way or another. Objects define who we are. We also use objects to define ourselves, to create our imagr, whether real or imagined. Then there is junk, like that I'm often trying to get rid of, but can't seem to part with. The stuff itself is not really what's important. The objects represent something, like memories. Objects are reflections, or outlines of ourselves. And desires that we have. Possibilities of what could be, or what we could be.</p><p> The indrect part is the random nature of objects, especially used things. Stuff that had a previous life, and somehow found its way into ours. Indirect is not specifically planned out, its a way that just goes its own way, and sometimes gets in the way of itself, full of intervening factors, people, and objects.<br /></p>