"The impossibility of book fairs and zine fairs in 2020 has dramatically changed and disrupted the flow of books into my life. As a book and zine artist, I rely on these regular community gatherings to both refresh my spirits and collect new work. Fortunately, the internet and the USPS kept me connected to the people and books that I love. Below are a few of the books and publications that have punctuated the pandemic with moments of brilliance." - Christopher Kardambikis

1. This Is Not A Gun published by Sming Sming and Candor Arts. This book contains the work of 40 artists, writers, and healers responding to 40 objects that were mistaken for a gun by police.

2. Seaweed: An Enchanting Miscellany by Miek Zwamborn. This book is a beautiful mediation on Seaweed and all the times and places that it sprawls across.

3. Grip by Lale Westvind and published by Perfectly Acceptable Press. This offset edition collects the two volumes of Grip previously published as riso-printed books. Westvind develops a wordless comic that follows a woman whose hands contain incredible power, reshaping objects and landscapes around her.

4. Love, Raisul by Raisul Tintin and published by Homie House Press. Watch everything that HHP publishes, but this book features the work of 16 year old Raisul Tintin, the youngest collaborator to work with HHP. From the publisher: "With the murdering of black folks worldwide, the targeting at black existence, and the senseless ways in which we are meant to deal with two plagues at one time, What happens when the dust settles.. when the intergenerational resistance for equality overcomes euphoria? Maybe the only things that remain are memories of home, love, friendship and sisterhood."

5. Magical Octopus published and organized by Jo Frenken and the Jan Van Eyck Academie in the Netherlands. This very limited book was printed by 17 different Riso printers and presses from around the world.

6. Octobriana 1976 by Jim Rugg and published by Ad House Books. The world's first black light comic! Jim Rugg is a comics master and this project digs into the history of Octobriana, a character introduced by a subversive group of artists and writers in Kiev in the 60s. Rugg crafts a new adventure for the character, employs a unique printing process, and documents his entire process of production.

7. Celebrate People's History: Second Edition edited by Josh MacPhee. Over 275 artists, printers, and collectives have contributed to the Celebrate People's History project and this book collects everything up to 2020. Essential.

8. We Are All Things by Elliot Colla and Ganzeer, published by Radix Media. A lonely prose poem by Colla is wonderfully illustrated by Ganzeer.

9. Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places by Robert MacFarlane, Stanley Donwood, and Dan Richards. Robert MacFarlane is one our most incredible voices uncovering narrative within landscape. This collaborative project features two short, powerful explorations of space.

10. Radical Softness as a Boundless Form of Resistance, 6th edition. Edited by Be Oakley with essays by Lora Mathis, Alexis Ruiseco-Lombera, Noah LeBien and Kimi Hanauer, published by GenderFail. Expanded for 2020.