Design of Life and Death: Isaac Hastings - SLUG Magazine

The Mysterious Design of Life and Death: A Profile of Isaac Hastings

Posted on December 4, 2013 (May 2, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Isaac Hastings drawing a picture at a desk.

Isaac Hastings creates cryptic, carefully designed, line-dominant artwork that conveys both spiritually infused and dream-inspired symbols. His meticulous design is featured on the cover of SLUG this month to honor the magazine’s 300th issue. A self-described “jack of all trades, master of none,” Hastings is humble—he sports a black hoodie, jeans and a beanie during our interview and speaks frankly about his evolution as an artist. … read more

Beer Reviews

Posted on September 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

September is a weird month for beer. The weather is still relatively warm, but autumn is right around the corner. … read more

Beautiful Godzilla: Davey Davis For President!

Posted on September 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

About six years ago, the urban cycling scene in Salt Lake City was at the height of its glory, with Davey Davis at the helm … er, handlebars. … read more

Mike Brown: High School

Posted on September 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping and another glorious, globally warmed summer is over. September is here, and if you aren’t already cutting class by the time you read this, you should be. … read more

Mystic Hot Springs Music Festival: A Bubbling Affair

Posted on July 2, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Mystic Hot Springs will hold the first Mystic Hot Springs Music Festival July 23–26.

“Mystic” Mike Ginsburg steadily prepares the main stage for his upcoming Mystic Hot Springs Music Festival, which takes place July 23 through 26 at Mystic Hot Springs in Monroe, Utah. A gaggle of geese watch him with apprehensive eyes; Mystic Hot Springs guests splosh in their bathtubs as they cool themselves from the overhead sun;

Skate Photo Feature: Colin Brophy

Posted on December 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

After years of nobody touching this rail, Colin landed a frontside 5-0 and this backside Smith within a week of each other. … read more

Princess Kennedy: Dyslexia’s A Drag

Posted on September 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Don’t mess with Kennedy’s dyslexia—if she doesn’t create the next literary Mona Lisa, she’ll at least be the muse.

One thing you didn’t know about the Princess is that she’s severely dyslexic. Actually, I didn’t even know this until well into my 20s, when my mother sent me a folder stuffed with my kindergarten assignments. … read more

48 Hour Film Project – No Sleep ’til Screening

Posted on June 22, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Local filmmakers, actors and writers put their skills to the test last weekend for the 2015 installment of the 48 Hour Film Project and subsequent short film festival. Starting Friday, June 12, registered teams celebrated the 48-hour time-crunch kick-off by drawing a genre from a popcorn bucket, and then racing to get their films in by the Sunday, June 14 deadline. … read more

Getting To Point B

Posted on September 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Part of the Point B film crew: (L-R) Connor Rickman, Sean Bagley and Erich Cannon, shooting onsite in Salt Lake City for their first full-length film.

Point B, starring the late David Fetzer, is “a stylized sci-fi comedy about four grad students who accidentally develop a crude teleportation device,” says Cannon, the film’s producer. … read more

Video Game Reviews

Posted on December 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Reviews for Battlepillars, Beyond: Two Souls, Dead Trigger 2, Dishonored, Disney Infinity, The Elder Scrolls Anthology, Infinity Blade II, Outlast. Pokémon X and Y, The Silver Gymnasium and Sonic: The Lost World. … read more

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SLUG Holiday Comix – November 2013

Posted on October 30, 2013 (June 7, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

SLUG Holiday Comix Presents: Guy “Fawkes” Day, Nov. 5 by Brandon Dayton … read more

Video Game Review: Lovely Planet

Posted on June 24, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

As I pulled open the colorful box in great anticipation, a long list of quesions about this game ran through my mind: “Is it like Katamari Damacy? Is it some sort of RPG? Is this a kids’ game?” … read more