Cereal Box Studio
Cereal Box Studio is a small press and community-focused studio in Cincinnati. We offer design, risograph printing, and zine production services.
Now available! Floraβs Daughters: Seven Plants Through the Lens of Eclectic Medicine, Contemporary Herbalism, and Botanical Illustration.
As 2025 Curtis Gates Lloyd Fellows, Meghan Henshaw and Julia Orquera Bianco collaboratively created this 48-page herbal zine, combining art, research, and storytelling. The publication features concise monographs on seven plants, paired with original illustrations inspired by historical texts found in the Lloyd Library Collections.
The zine spotlights motherwort, sage, horehound, valerian, tulsi, calendula, and tobaccoβplants that flourish in the Ohio River Valley. Each chapter explores the plantβs chemical constituents and actions, historical significance, traditional and contemporary uses (with particular attention to female herbalists), cultivation methods, and conservation considerations. It also includes instructions for making herbal preparations and a resource list highlighting herbal books housed in the Lloyd Library.
By weaving together archival research, hands-on practice, and visual storytelling, the project honors the legacy of female botanist-illustrators and Cincinnatiβs Eclectic medical pioneers, while contributing a new, accessible voice to the evolving conversation around medicinal plants in the Ohio River Valley.
Author Bios
Meghan Henshaw is a Cincinnati-based herbalist and educator with a background in herbal science, ethnobotany, and plant cultivation. She currently teaches medicinal plant classes, has an active clinical practice, and makes small-batch products using plants she grows in a community garden in the city. Follow Meghan on Instagram @ocotilloherbals.
Julia Orquera Bianco, an interdisciplinary artist, works through interrogating constructs from modern Western culture, collective memory, and the experience of migration through the lens of a guest on the land she inhabits. Her work reflects on the changing nature of identity and belonging and their entanglement with the past, the present, and the place. Follow Julia on Instagram @juliaobianco.
Production Notes
Size: 5βx8β Page Count: 48 Binding: Machine-sewn Printing: Risograph on Cougar Natural 70T Cover: Silkscreen on French Nightshift Blue 80C ISBN: 979-8-9887543-4-3
Credits
Text Monographs: Meghan Henshaw Artwork & Illustrations: Julia O. Bianco Cover Design: Julia O. Bianco Cover Printing: Julia O. Bianco & Ben Nunnery Layout Design: Julia Warner Photos: Eric Blyth & Marissa Sharbell
Cincinnati artist and designer Mark Neeley compiles frames and process imagery from his catalog of animation work in this new wide-spanning 120-page volume. Each frame has been lovingly translated for risograph printing alongside text by the artist, with a foreword by Aquarium Drunkardfounder Justin Gage.
Author Bio
Mark Neeley is an animator and designer from Cincinnati, Ohio. Using analogue production methods, his frame by frame works capture the lasting essence of independent animation. Neeley's short films, music videos and promotional works have been screened at dozens of film festivals internationally, as well as on platforms like PBS. As a purveyor of multiple creative projects at the juxtaposition of sound and vision, Neeley is also a contributing writer for Aquarium Drunkard and other music and arts publications.
Production Notes
Designed by: Eric Blyth
Printing: Risograph-printed
Binding: Hidden twin-loop
Size: 10.5β wide x 7.5β tall
Edition: 200
ISBN: 978-1-7335169-9-0
Our Vision
We believe in the power of the press to connect people through ideas. With zines, workshops, and more, we aim to contribute to our collective printed matter ecosystem.
What is Riso?
Riso is a printmaking process that uses stencils and ink drums to print one layer at a time. The process is loved for its vibrant texture and slight imperfections.
Now available for pre-sale! All pre-sale orders will ship on Friday April 17, the same day as the release event, at Partners & Son in Philadelphia, PA. More info on the release event coming soon.
In 2003, when the son of Sam βSullyβ Sullivanβthe worldβs most beloved baseball playerβis drafted by his father's home team, he isn't just joining a roster; he's stepping into a shadow. Beyond the diamond lies a game fraught with injustice and the hollow echoes of fame.
Written by Anthony Perillo, this comic features 45 riso-printed pages drawn by Philadelphia artist Jay McQuirns, plus βdream sequencesβ printed in blue, drawn by Cincinnati artist Mark Neeley.
Contributor Bios:
Anthony Perillo is a Philadelphia-based writer and creator originally from the North Shore of Massachusetts. He is also an independent pro wrestler and the founder of Labor of Love, an independent pro wrestling promotion.
Jay McQuirns is a cartoonist, illustrator, animator, and music producer from Philadelphia. www.jaymcquirns.com
Mark Neeley is an animator from Cincinnati whose recent credits include a collaboration with Mark Mothersbaugh of the band Devo. He is also a writer and regular contributor to Aquarium Drunkard. www.markneeley.com
Cat Park is a Philadelphia-based illustrator, musician, and letterer. www.catpark.net
Production Notes:
Size: 6.6β x 10.25β
Page Count: 48
Binding: Stapled
Printing: Risograph on Lettermark Cream 70T & 67lb Bristol
ISBN: 979-8-9887543-5-0
Photos: Eric Blyth & Marissa Sharbell