For Your Skull

Carrie McNinch’s For Your Skull is a slim but essential DIY comic from the mid-1980s, published over two issues by the influential mini-comics scene. Known for its raw, confessional style, the series captures the intimate, everyday life of a young punk in Los Angeles with a direct, handwritten charm. Though brief, it stands as a foundational work of autobiographical zine culture, showcasing McNinch’s unvarnished voice that would go on to define her long-running The Assassin and the Whiner.