O, Death O, Death Won’t you spare me over ’til another year?      — Ralph Stanley Or: Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo. Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo. Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo. Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo. Woo hoo, woo hoo, Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo.      — The 5678s Your choice. HNY.

I’m not going to wish you “Merry Christmas” *or* “Happy Holidays”. I’m not going to wish you “Happy Chanukah”, “Happy Kwanzaa”, or “Season’s Greetings”, either. My seasonal wish is simply this: Enthused Fuckmas! May each and every one of you get laid by New Years Eve. That will truly make the world a more peaceful, […]

My answers to Ninth Art’s First & Last Quiz. (By the way, Moe actually *showed* me how he combed his hair back so he could travel in polite society.) Take a look at the other interviews in this series, too. They’re all interesting.

DC’s doing ‘Hard Time’ – again by Examiner staff writer Scott Rosenberg.

“Doing More *Hard Time* with Steve Gerber” by George Tramountanas on the Comic Book Resources site. George asked a couple of questions that other interviewers didn’t. You may find them interesting. Is it just me, or is anybody else suddenly missing comic book letters pages?

…from the Scripps-Howard News Service and The Fourth Rail. If you’ve read your own copy and enjoyed it, *please* tell your friends. Post about it on any Usenet or AOL or Yahoo or kinky sex forum where you think potential readers might be lurking. I’d love to see this issue go back for a second […]

I received word this morning that Jane Aruns, my first serious girlfriend, died last night of a massive heart attack. Jane was planning to move to Las Vegas in the next month or so — no, not because of me; she just liked the town — but we had been looking forward to seeing each […]

*Hard Time Season 2* #1 will hit the stores this week. IMAGE DELETED Please feel free to post comments here. Incidentally, *Hard Time* artist Brian Hurtt has a new blog that’s worth checking out.