This is actually Catholic vl.5. That sounds extremely nerdy, but it's true. The first Catholic was published in an edition of 1,000 handmade zines to accompany a group show we curated in November, 2003, in New York.
This Catholic, the new one, the fancy one that you're holding, is double the size, refined and embellished. Not tamed, but groomed, let's say.
When we first had the idea to do a zine, it was like, "Well, we can just do cats the first time. Then we'll do plants. Or maybe something about costumes." The point was, Catholic at first would mean "cat-holic," like addicted to cats, but then after that the next editions could adhere to our favorite definition of Catholic: "Having varied tastes." (Look it up, it's true.) So, that's the way it was supposed to be.
But then we finished the zine, showed it to people, and when they all said, "I have literally been waiting my entire life for an arty magazine about cats and you should never stop doing this for as long as you live" (that's a bit of an exaggeration, but whatever), we decided that-- of course -- why abandon cats. We hate when people abandon cats.
Kelly Kuvo & Adam Dugas
Liz Goldwyn
Waris
Takahiro Imamura.
Amy Kellner
Jane Rule Burdine
Tim Barber
JD Samson
Roe Ethridge
Eileen Myles & Jordana Rosenberg
Bjorn Copeland
Richard Kern
Jaiko Suzuki
Josh Lyon
Patrick McMullan
Mary & Steve Lafreniere
Amber Gayle & David Miller
Cheryl Dunn
Liz Bougatsos & Brian Degraw
Peter Sutherland & Erik Anthony
Matt Keegan
Jean O'Brien
Scott Lenhardt
Ian Hundley
Ryan McGinley
Colin DeLand
United Bamboo
Stephen Sprott
Isabel Asha Penzlien
Greg Ginn with Jesse Pearson
David Aron
Pia Dehne
Balthus
Jeff Johnson & Blaise McDaris
Kembra Pfahler
Terry Richardson
Walter Potter & Sam Jenkins
Cormac Chase
Terence Koh
Peter Stanglmayr
Tina Hejtmanek
Glynnis McDaris
Brian Degraw
Wendy Mullin
Rosalie Knox
Kate Lacey
Stacy Wakefield & Jane O'Brien
Thordis Adalsteinsdottir
Jim Drain
Jim Krewson
Ashley Macomber
Mended Veil
Jeremy Scott
August Visco
Pieter Schoolwerth
Gabriel Orozco
Allison Edge
Bruce Nauman
Sabrina Mansouri
Sadie Laska
Deli Cats of New York City
Shawn Mortensen
Dash Snow
Judy Rifka
Ashley Thayer
Naomi Fisher
Gelatin
Wowch
Nick Zinner
Hisham Bharoocha
Cats in Review
Tim Barber
Jess Holzworth
Adam Stennett
Devin Flynn
Gavin McInnes
Alejandro Cardenas