The LURCH Team:



EMMA WISEMAN
Co-Founder, Art Direction & Communications

Emma is a cofounder of LURCH, art director, and head of communications. If you’ve talked to LURCH you’d probably talked to Emma.  

Emma likes to have ten projects going on at once, making fancy typography layouts, and event planning.

Emma likes to collect troll dolls, gnomes, perfume, zines, and art books. She also self publishes her own newspaper called Shifty Gnome News. 

Find more of Emma’s work at @emmawisegnome





ANNA VOLK Co-Founder, Art Direction, Website & Social Media


Anna is a cofounder of LURCH, art director, and designer. She’s a mastermind behind LURCH’s quirky visuals. With the perfect blend of creativity and organization, Anna keeps everything running smoothly, ensuring our zine stays cohesive, our website up to date, and even designed the LURCH logo. 

Anna’s a board game creator, occasional painter, social butterfly, Hot Pocket connoisseur, and animal lover. 

Find more of Anna’s work at annavolk




ELLEN LYONS
Design & Production

International woman of mystery. Ellen makes the production happen. Whether it’s a cover photoshoot, or cutting out vinyl for lurch murch - she’s there. Ellen joined LURCH on our second issue and has been the woman with the grid bringing organization to our layouts. 

Find more of Ellen’s work at ellenlyons.com






MAXIE KLINE Writing Editor

Maxie is a woman with red bloodstains near the naval of all her shirts. She is also a co-organizer at Graft Union, which runs the monthly Graft Union Reading Series, as well as other extraneous projects. 

You can read and view her interdisciplinary work across LURCH, Buckman Journal, Chimera, and at her website: maxie.rodeo



LO PLATT
Fulfillment & Copy Editor


Lo makes sure your words are ready for the page. When she's not reading/editing your work, she's making sure that a copy finds its way to your hands. Whether it's overseas or down the street, she knows where you live -- and makes sure your LURCH finds its way home. 

Lo loves to acquire ribbons, pennies, and any stick that may catch her eye. You will likely find her brewing a pot of tea, making a snack, or trying to catch a fleeting moment of genius. 

Find more of Lo’s work at Your Local Spider





MADD KRUIDENIER Project Manager & Creative Support

Madd is an illustrator/designer and is transitioning to the role of LURCH’s Project Manager. They make sure people are doing the right things at the right times, and ideally keep an eye on everyone’s dot on the map.

Find Madd here: @maddkroillo



ROB ARMONTROUT
Fulfillment: Delivery


PORTLAND, OR
All content copyright to LURCH

DESIGNERS:
Emma Wiseman, Anna Volk, and Ellen Lyons

COPY EDITOR:
Maxie Kline

FULFILLMENT:
Lo Platt and Robert Armontrout