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• Preoccupied with scratching and staring blankly, making it difficult to know what he’s up to 
• Pays attention though he appears not be
• Frustrated by too little affection; annoyed by too much
• Still has his testicles, which he keeps clean
• Ferrets out, snaps the necks of, and eats rodents and vermin 
• Can’t be still, unless he is sleeping 
• Tears things apart if confined
• Prefers to do his business out of doors
• Gets into trouble merely & routinely
• Enjoys treats
• Is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School
• Was rescued from the Muddy Boggy Creek yet finds his way back to the the L.A. River every chance he gets
• Freely associates friendship and freewill as inseparable 

I am now and have forever been a disgruntled traveler through this America, not lost so much as baffled by the maddening pursuit of a happiness corrosively defined by capitalism. Amidst the mad consumerist dash I often find myself a pawn, an unwitting participant, but these are sprinkled with finite rebellion; Antique Children is one of these. Along the timeline I have produced comics (Runes of Ragnan), directed art collectives (CRUX and TiON), birthed online communities (The Crow Chamberoom), and so on, and each of these represent an instinctive mutiny against the status quo. Who I am can only be defined moment to moment, a definition of today‘s action, in part reliant on past conquests, but more accurately categorized by an unwavering belief that the future holds something else, a new idea, some new premise by which all human calamity can be measured.

Hero Mackenzie: Spanish Editor
heroantiquechildren@gmail.com 

Un número de identidades alternativas posee a Hero Mackenzie con frecuencia. Algunos de éstos incluyen a Pepito Llarosa, un poeta mexicano renegado del movimiento Infrarrealismo, Joseph Lockeman, Profesor de tribus indígenas Colombianos y Brad Tyler Cohen un anti-capitalista paranoico de Los Estados Unidos. Cuando ella es sí misma, Hero pasa su tiempo leyendo obesivamente literatura Latinoamericana. Su pasión emergió después de leer un poema de Pablo Neruda (Débil del Alma). En su tiempo de descanzo, Hero también disfruta escribir cuentos, estudiando teorías semióticas, comunicación telepática con los gatos. Habla Francés y Español y esta estudiano Italiano y Portugués. Recientemente, Hero pasó seis meses viviendo y escribiendo en Buenos Aires. Ahora está tratando de estudiar su maestría en Literatura Comparativa en King’s College, Londres - su tesis es sobre el novelista chileno Roberto Bolaño. En la noche, los fantasmas de los heterónimos de Fernando Pessoa aguardan su despertar.

Hero Mackenzie is frequently possessed by a number of alternative identities. Some of these include Pepito Llarosa, a renegade Mexican Infrarealist, Joseph Lockeman, a Professor of Colombian indigenous tribes at the University of Essex and Brad Tyler Cohen, an American paranoid anti-capitalist. When she is herself, Hero spends her time obsessing about Latin American literature. Her passion emerged after reading a poem by Pablo Neruda (Débil del alma) and that was it. In her spare time, Hero enjoys writing stories, studying semiotic theories and telepathic communication with cats. She speaks French and Spanish and is learning Italian and Portuguese. Recently, Hero spent six months living and writing in Buenos Aires. She is currently completing an MA in Comparative Literature at King’s College London, her thesis is on the Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño. At night, the ghosts of Ferdinand Pessoa’s seventy two heteronyms keep her awake.