A delicate little song about negative thinking. This is how it begins.

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Black Scat Books has just released its eighth broadside, “Limerickshaw: Haiku for the John.” I’ve selected sixteen classic dirty limericks, and rewritten them as haiku. Cleansed of rhyme, each haiku reveals the laconic narrative at the core. Norman Conquest’s design incorporates an equally classic erotic Japanese print, showing a heteronormative couple generating children. It’s suitable […]

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A brief round, after Remy de Gourmont.

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In 1996, between engagements, I landed a gig with Latrobe beer, researching beer trivia for use on coasters. The project was coordinated by Jordan Bochanis; the artwork was by veteran Topps illustrator John Pound; and I forget who wrote the final copy. I was paid well, and learned many interesting things about beer. There were […]

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I was apparently interested in Oulipian constraints and recreational linguistics at an early age: I found a lipogram that I wrote when I was about ten.

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My whilom cartoon character, Red Telephone, pursues an unsuccessful career.

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From my sketchbook, a little white dog sleeps while I have breakfast, somewhere in Costa Rica in 2002.

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I wrote “Love Is Fun” for White Knuckle Sandwich.  Dave Miller made a cartoon video of it, as you can see in the following screen shots.  

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Back in the ’90s, White Knuckle Sandwich made a video of Jen’s song, “Lookin’ for a Man.”  The song and storyboard were by Jen Perez, and it was shot by videographer Anney Bonney for the now defunct pseudo.com.  Anne Shapiro and I portrayed a number of characters in this disturbing production.  Here are some screen […]

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