The Drink Tank
How does one write a fanzine about death and the alive & the dead: or my not make it depressing? heroes have always been That’s the question I’m asking and mortals answering in this issue. I mean, it’s not like we’re by christopher j garcia all going to be able to make this a light and fluffy issue, the topic is death after all, but it’s A few years ago, one of my comedic that kind of death that Dias de los Muertos is heroes passed away. His name was Mitch based around. Memory, tradition, a tinge of fear, Hedberg. He was one part observationalist, and deeper understanding. Death is tough, but one part Surrealist. He was an amazing guy, an it’s still not as hard as comedy. addict, but a hell of a performer. My favorite This issue was brought about when of his gags was “I have a pet shark, his name is two events happened at the same time. The Dave. Last week, he ate a guy. I really should first was the death of Captain Lou Albano, a invest in a leash.” The delivery, completely wrestling manager about whom you’ll read impossible to duplicate on the screen, was more in a bit, and the realization that my own cadenced and strange, adding to the humor father was exactly the same age, to the day, as via a route of bizarrity that is rarely attempted Michael Jackson was when he died. It was a day because if it fails, it seems as if you’re trying to of revelations and then the Brad Foster cover, suck.
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