Identity & Spirit01
Cowboy Moe
Cowboy Moe is the persona that emerged after chemo — Moe finding new ways to adjust to a new lifestyle through puppetry, accordion and guitar playing, Facebook, and nature. Hand-drawn and entirely his own.
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Moe's Zines
Seven hand-drawn zines by a decorated Marine Corps veteran. On cancer, memory, military service, love, and the stubborn will to keep going.
7 zinesRead online or download & print
Cancer & Recovery02
Resilience
Moe made this zine about fighting cancer — not to document his suffering, but to understand what keeps a person standing when everything is trying to knock them down. Drawing on the science of resilience and his own hard-won experience, he filled twenty-one pages by hand with lessons, characters, and moments of stubborn hope. It is the work of someone who refused to be only a patient. Read it, print it, fold it, and pass it on.
Cancer & Humor03
Tips from Kancer Man
Moe shares what he learned, researched, and did while getting cancer treatments and managing its side effects. Very helpful tips — some ahead of their time — that have helped Moe live past his cancer expectancy.
Nature in Connecticut04
Veteran in Veterans' Park
Moe steps outside his home and into his veteran park that is part of his everyday life — and shares what he sees, what he loves, and what he experiences there.
Memory & Near-Death05
Vet Moe Memory
From the day he entered the Navy to his time in the Marine Corps and the moment he walked out the other side, Moe captures the events he remembers most — the ones that marked him, shaped him, and stayed with him long after his service ended.
Love & Generosity06
Christmas All Year Round
Moe's zine about how not to wait for Christmas and New Year — but to make Christmas every day, and every day a "New" Day.
Moe's Mind07
Thoughts with Splots
An amusing display of Moe's seemingly random and endless thoughts.
Daily Resilience08
What I Do Staying Around the House
Moe's positive attitude and humor on full display — resiliency in action, amidst daily health challenges. A window into the routines, small discoveries, and ways he keeps himself going.
About these zines
Moe makes his zines by hand — drawn, written, and assembled the old-fashioned way. They are not polished. They are not supposed to be. They are the real thing: a veteran's mind on paper, unfiltered and alive.
Each zine can be downloaded and printed. Fold them, share them, leave them somewhere someone might need them.