‘Flappy Hands‘, published 2017, is a 24-page A5 full-colour zine of photographs, drawings, collages, and general visual joy. This zine is most definitely “stimmy” and you can get a feel for the maker’s style on their tumblr here.
On the opening page the author writes “Hi, so I’m Cody and I’m autistic. Flappy Hands is an art/photography zine about the things I love, my special interests, my stims, favourite places. Basically things that make me flap my hands with happiness.” They go on to say that their “favourite thing in the world is music” and that “Some songs I associate with certain colours or patterns. Where an artwork is based on a song, the artist and song title will be listed underneath it.” Later in the zine Cody talks about their anxiety around attending their first gig, which turned about to be “amazing” and “one of my favourite memories” and then about their “absolute favourite gig [which] was an Against Me! one…“. They also include a list of their favourite songs.
This is a lovely joyful zine and a pleasure to look at. I purchased my copy on their Etsy store here.
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