Old Timey Transfagonies is a zine series of close readings of period drama and historical characters as gay trans men. I like to compare it to a video essay in zine form. The cover was printed on a risograph printer, and the interior was printed on a risograph printer and then scanned and printed on a regular printer,
Volume 1 explores the gender situation of Donna St. Columb from Frenchman's Creek, and Mary Yellan from Jamaica Inn. These are two novels by Daphne Du Maurier.
Volume 2 explores the gender situation of Jo March, specifically in the 2018 movie directed by Greta Gerwig.
Leo Covault
Leo Covault is a printmaker, zinester, and illustrator from Cleveland, Ohio. His work explores gender through the lens of historical fashion and folklore, and emphasizes hand made shapes and textures. He has been a Hudson Valley Seed Pack Artist and a Cleveland Scene Magazine Comics Edition artist. In 2024, he created the Genghis Con Indie Comics Convention poster. He graduated with a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2022, and he has been vending at fairs and festivals since 2021.