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Think Equal invited @artofsuri and I to tell the fantastic and important story of Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala - the first Lankan to summit Everest. Copies are now available at Think Equal's Colombo office. It'll be headed to schools island wide this month and hopefully a few bookshops, too.

That @artofsuri has been making neat stuff again: she held the Creating Heroines pop-up stall last month where visitors could drop in and create a heroine. The she made a zine as part of a collaborative art project with the British Council’s literature team! You can download the free zine here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13qPYRXlPvuIDKiNTkcBs5_lNOYQnzG1K/view

Still can’t quite believe our luck - @HassanOE who runs the fantastically informative Strip Panel Naked accepted Metta Helmet for publication in the newest edition of PanelxPanel! It’s a mere $2.50 and the comics criticism is very, very good. It really is the best comics crit magazine out there. If you work in or want to understand comics in more depth, you should pick up a copy here: https://gumroad.com/l/PXPNO7

Please to enjoy this haiga made from a packet of cigarettes. Text and collage material came from a single packet. @artofsuri refused to smoke the entire contents before making the collage because she is a spoilsport.

@artofsuri insists on calling these ‘Haicuts’, but this must not be tolerated.

The full issue is out now: https://prunejuice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/pj-231.pdf

Tough love from Kirkus reviews.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/the-2017-ignatz-awards-monsters-and-ferris-win-two/

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/sri-lanka/articles/10-sri-lankan-artists-you-should-know/

The book should be out in a few months but in the meantime, if you want to meet Jayanthi and her climbing partner Johann, they’ll be at this year’s Lanka Comiccon - pop in and say hi!

Elements has been nominated for 'Outstanding Anthology’! Big hugs to our fellow creators : )

The book will be provided free to Sri Lankan schools and be sold online by Sri Lankan publisher M.D. Gunasena later this year.