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The first time I met Allyssa Yohana was last December as I was in the process of finishing issue 6. I became really interested in her body of work after seeing her name at the bottom of some of my favorite photo essays, music videos, and comics. Allyssa has worked in so many facets and mediums since she became one of the earliest hires on the Rookie Mag staff back in 2012, that I’m not really even sure I could trace back my first interaction with her work. The moment I realized who she was and that the same person who directed the music video for Mitski’s Townie, screen printed the cover of Florist/Eskimeaux’s spilt tape, and that the same person photographed the Spin City essay for Rookie, wrote and illustrated the incredibly endearing Dear Dairy comics, I just couldn’t believe it. It even got to the point that I started seeing her name popping up on the thank you lists of some of my favorite records and tapes from this past year like Quarterback’s Quarterboy. After this very sudden revelation, I decided she’d be a perfect person to reach out to about doing an interview, and sent her a very odd Facebook message, as it was the only contact information for her that I could track down. That night in December (only hours after sending the message) I saw her from across the room watching her best friend Greta preforming as Frankie Cosmos at a tiny show at the Wester Hall studio. Thankfully after Greta’s set, as the two were eating ice cream sandwiches together in the back of the venue, Greta formally introduced the two of us.

Although Allyssa works in such a variety of formats, with a wide range of tones in each, the one thing that really remains true in all of her work is her huge belief in the cherishing of friendship, and how important the people around her are in her life. Today she keeps busy with combination of school work, Rookie pitches, personal work, and sending emails, but never turns down a chance to spend quality time with her best buds.

This video also features music by Madeline Ava!

For more of Allyssa’s work… http://www.rookiemag.com/author/allyssa-yohana/ http://dogflower.tumblr.com/

For More Music By Madeline Ava https://madelineava.bandcamp.com/ https://nicetry.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/madelineava?ref=ts&fref=ts