Since its Thursday…
Image found here: LOSTPEDIA.COM
Text found here: mcsweeneys.net
THE OPENING ACT FROM THE ORIGINAL, UNUSED TELEPLAY OF LOST’S PILOT EPISODE.
BY ANDREW BRIDGMAN
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JACK: OK, everyone, gather round. I’m Jack. We crashed on this island. I’m kind of an alcoholic, and I had a really complicated relationship with my father, Christian, who was also an alcoholic.
CLAIRE: Christian Shepherd? That’s my dad, too!
JACK: No way!
SAWYER: Oh, yeah, I know that guy, too. I met him at a bar. He’s proud of you.
JACK: You met my dad?
SAWYER: Yeah, I met him right before I killed this guy I thought had ruined my life as a child. He was a con man who went by “Sawyer” and had an affair with my mother and then my dad found out and killed her and himself. It was ugly.
LOCKE: No way! That sounds just like my dad! He stole my kidney and then paralyzed me.
KATE: Paralyzed people can’t walk. Continue reading »
So we got in the new McSweeney’s Issue 27 and a restock of Wacky Packages book. All featuring the handy work of Art Spiegelman. New McS, even has an insert book with new works and sketches.
Consume now!
Thank you, Gaston.
Plunging straight into the grayish, faintly understood area of the art world that involves oddly drawn objects coupled with uncertainly spelled text, McSweeney’s 27 brings together a previously uncategorized cadre of pithy draftsmen, genius doodlers, and fine-artistic cartoonists, and buffets them with essays examining just what it is that these people are doing and why the world should know about it. With work by Jim Shepard, Stephen King, Art Spiegelman, David Shrigley, Tucker Nichols, and many others, and stories by a wide variety of excellent writers.
Wacky Packages—a series of collectible stickers featuring parodies… Continue reading »
First thing first–due to Memorial Day, new comics this week come out on THURSDAY, May 29th–come in Thursday, and we’ll politely tell you to come back tomorrow–then laugh behind your back (shout-out to Brian Hibbs)…here’s the list after the jump: Continue reading »
Just in time for the summer blockbuster season, LOADED BIBLE writer/creator Tim Seeley and digital artist Crank! have teamed to produce an all-new trailer for June’s LOADED BIBLE BOOK ONE TP!
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Time: 8:30 p.m.Place: The swanktastic Meltdown Gallery at the rear of the store which is located here:
7522 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046-3408, US
http://meltcomics. com/
DUNCAN TRUSSELL
MELINDA HILL
MARK VOYCE
AZIZ ANSARI
Hosted by: JONAH RAY
In addition to this stellar line-up we are charging NO COVER!
Please drink responsibly or designate a driver.Something to be aware of: parking in this neighborhood is dodgy, so please plan accordingly.
“Proctor! You have been singing Christmas songs for the entire five hours of this stakeout. And Christmas is a good four months away. If you sing so much as one more note… I will shoot you.”
