The 6" x 9" perfect bound ISBN# book "Symbols Manifest" was originally released as the 5.5" x 8.5" perfect bound October 2011 issue (v099) of "Down in the Dirt" magazine, published by Scars Publications. Writers and artists included in this issue are Janet Kuypers, Fritz Hamilton, Denny E. Marshall, Christopher Hanson, Mel Waldman, Kirby Light, Kelsey Threatte, John L. Campbell, Henry Sane, Ron Richmond, Sarah Lucille Marchant, Jim Carson, Brian Looney, Penn Stewart, Kelsey Hebert, Ashley Fisher, Robert Brabham, J.E. Harris, Elle Pryor, Phyllis Green, Tim Moraca, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, M. Robert Fisher, Joseph Hart, Laine Hissett-Bonard, Robert D. Lyons, Corry O'Neill, and Ben Macnair.