WONK 2 is out the door.
Issue 2 features contributions of Thomas Trofimuk, Erica Marshall, rob mclennan, Frans Erickson, Ron Asp, Dixie Warren, Michelle Hay and Margot Soltice.
For the fonts we went with Gentium Book Basic for the text because it’s beautiful. We tried to get around that and almost went with Sovereign but couldn’t justify the $300 versus free. We did take advantage of a good deal and selected FF Dagny Thin for the headlines. It felt Scandinavian. It felt right.
You can pick up copies of WONK throughout Wetaskiwin — Pipestone Food Company and the Wetaskiwin Public Library and, if you’re in Camrose (heaven forbid), stop by Merchants Tea & Coffee House.
Or, if you’re lazy and have $13 burning a hole in your pocket, you can get them delivered personally by Canada Post here. Even better, if you’re lazy and don’t have $13 (burning or not), you can get WONK for free to your inbox here. Actually, it’s the same link for both heres, but there are two options on the page.
Electronic copies haven’t been sent out yet. We’re experimenting with the formating a little bit to make them more readable and printable in the end (the WONKs we print are on 12 x 18 paper folded in half; the e-versions will be optimized for letter sized paper).
Some people want to know what we want to feature next month. The best answer so far has something to do with beggar not being choosers. If it’s good, we’ll run it. Unless it’s too good. Then you should probably send it somewhere else.