I received this as a gift for the holidays. It came from Otsu. Nicole Georges made it.

It’s an anthology of the first eight issues of Nicole’s zine, Invincible Summer (a reference to Camus). More or less it chronicles her experiences, her animals, and her friends as they leave their marks on her daily life.

I spent the next two weeks carrying this with me wherever I thought I might find a spare few minutes to indulge myself. I had to make a conscious effort not to read it all in one sitting, because I think that could have easily been the case.

After finishing it and craving more, I discovered with great excitement that Invincible Summer had reached twelve issues, and with great dismay that two of them were unavailable for sale. So I paypaled Ms. Georges some money for all three, figuring hey, if nothing else I’m out $12.

The day was to be saved, though. It took a couple weeks, but eventually all three arrived. The two hardest to find were coffee-stained and wrinkled and came complete with a handwritten apology noting the fact. Like I even cared, though. I was happy to have gotten copies.

Long story short: get the anthology <3