The
Baffler — A batch of Hyde Park PhDs put this
journal together, smacking The Man across his globular rump on a
semiregular basis.
Boob
Jubilee — An anthology of past Baffler
writings published by W.W. Norton and Co. I have an article in there,
somewhere. Yes, it does sound like an erotic dessert, doesn't it?
Book
Happy — The editrix of this zine is Donna Kossy,
late of Kooks zine, author of Kooks and Strange
Creations (both available from Feral
House), and a friend. Book Happy covered the
strangest books ever to cross a printing press.
Chicago
Journal — Local newspaper for which I write.
Links to articles of mine that are reprinted on the site may be found on my Samples page.
Chicago
Reader — Another local newspaper with a long
reach. Free all over the amusement park known
as "Chicagoland."
Cop
Porn — The Dan Kelly motherlode, I published
this mess back in 1997 as my death rattle in the zine world. Essays on dog-eating, cannibalism,
sex-crazed nuns, suicide, graverobbing, black metal murder, and
similar scatological/death-worshipping crap that fascinated me in my twenties. Contact me if you want to buy a copy.
Feral
House — Reading Apocalypse Culture was
a flashpoint for me. That's why I was happy to contribute
to Apocalypse Culture II.
Gapers Block — Chicago link clearinghouse I occasionally contribute to.
Hogan's Alley — An annual journal devoted to exploring the nooks and crannies of comic history. I wrote up a piece about martial arts course ads in comics of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. I might do more for them in the future.
The
Imp — Publisher Dan Raeburn is a friend and
one of the few talented writers I know—personally or otherwise.
A razor-sharp thinker and comics criticism adept, Dan's assessments
of Dan Clowes, Jack T. Chick, and Chris Ware leave me feeling much
like a boil-assed baboon lazing in the sun, picking nits from my
fur and chewing on them. I make an appearance in issue number 3.
In
These Times — Lefty magazine for which I've
done a single article-length book review.
Loompanics
Unlimited — Back when they were still in business, I wrote two articles for their catalog, which later appeared
in an anthology called Loompanics Unlimited Conquers the Universe.
Check eBay if you're some sort of Dan Kelly completist weirdo.
memepool.com
— An list of the Web's strangest, funniest, and most
intriguing sites. I haven't submitted anything to them in years. Doesn't look like many of the other contributors do either. Oh well, go check out Metafilter or boingboing instead.
New City — Local free weekly paper here in Chicago.
The
Ragtime Ephemeralist — Nepotism reigns, but
in this case it's a good thing. My brother-in-law Chris published
this biannual journal of articles on ragtime music, following the
tweezers approach to research. I'm in the third issue.
A Friendly Game of Poker — Jake Austen of Roctober is the editor of this Chicago Review Press published anthology on neighborhood poker games.