Caesura presents the following essays, poems, and appreciations of Kent Johnson, all attesting (singularly and jointly) to the formidable aesthetic force of production he embodies.

Staring down the barrels of two seperate guns, Octave faces his near certain death. Will he be able to make it out alive, or is this truly the end for our hero?

This week hasn’t been great. Some might even say it was the worst week ever. How bad is that, you ask? I’ll let Ruby tell you.

As Fauntleroy wakes up from what turns out to be a dream, he grapples with the blurring line between reality and illusion. In the belly of a fish inhabited by monks, however, epistemological issues might be the least of his worries!

After weeks of pursuit and capture, the pirates are negotiating Octave’s release to his patrons. Will their demands be reasonable, or is Octave really doomed this time?

There are many ways to deal with panic attacks…but panty attacks? Let’s just hope they stay confined to the comics!

Fauntleroy upon Fauntleroy parade around a magical aquatic world! Can such a strange and wonderful place be real, and if it is…can Fauntleroy ever escape it?

After being held captive on Debonairia for days, Octave is finally offered up as a hostage. Who have his abductors made a deal with, and what will Octave think as his island adventure draws to its apparent close?

Nobody likes it when unwanted critters make noise in the walls. If you think you’ve got it bad, you should hear what the rats in Ruby’s house get up to!

While behind the mystery door, Fauntleroy sees and experiences things weird and unexplainable. What is going on inside this world, inside this room, inside this fish?

“The visitor wanted to create some very special clothing for the special person, like nobody had ever seen.”

For the first time since Caesura’s return in 2020, Octave took a week off. Ruby imagines a beautiful timeline where he enjoys a vacation in Boston!

Curiosity killed the cat, but without it Fauntleroy just wouldn’t be Fauntleroy. What will he find behind the forbidden door?

As the partisan of energy as a form of imagination, Will Alexander relentlessly critiques linear conceptions of cause and effect, along with all mechanistic modalities of thought and practice.

It’s hard to be the Museum of Modern Art when the modern has become a thing of the past and a rather suspect thing at that.

Hugo Skarstedt reviews Sanya Kantarovsky’s “Recent Faces” at Luhring Augustine Tribeca

with paintings by Varda Caivano

A steady job, one’s own office, a sense of security…what seems like the perfect life to most is a nightmare for Octave!

If you get asked “got wine?” then you might have a bit of a problem.

Everything seems to be going well for Fauntleroy: he is an honored guest aboard Miguel’s fish, with food, fun, and good lodging. But whether for suspicion, restlessness, or sheer love of adventure, our pointy protagonist can’t help but explore!