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Another beautiful Rumpus Comic from Anne Emond!
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A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Friends with Benefits.” …more
Bay Area Readers: Don’t miss REGRETURATURE tonight(!), April 4th, at the Verdi Club in San Francisco.
Mary Roach, Katie Crouch, James Nestor, and many other talented authors (including our own managing editor, Isaac Fitzgerald) will be reading cringe-worthy writing from their past. Fiction to nonfiction, blogs, journalism, opinion pieces, and even diary entries, it’s gonna be one helluva a humorous evening. Bonus? All proceeds benefit Litquake.
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A beautiful All Over Coffee from artist Paul Madonna and author/artist Lou Beach.
Click here to view. …more
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “Friends with Benefits.”
Please send your submissions, maximum 400 words, to Susan Clements, silentjoy2001 AT yahoo.com. We’ll choose the best ones to run as a feature on the site.
All submissions are due by Monday, March 26th. (Today!)
If you enjoy laughing in French, you’ll enjoy the French edition of (our very own) Jon Adams’ Truth Serum Conversations. French publisher Cambourakis, who has also published the works of Ivan Brunetti, Lilli Carré, and Michel Gondry, just released a beautiful 48-page hardcover with dust jacket.
If English is more your thing, Jon has an English version, too.
“What’s great about this edition, and the Kramers Ergot series, is that the whole of disparate pieces is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Rumpus Comics editor and amazing artist Paul Madonna reviews the comics anthology Kramers Ergot #8.
The upcoming feature film FARAH GOES BANG is launching CHERRY BOMB [editor’s note: no affiliation to Stephen Elliott’s film Cherry], a new blog from Rumpus contributors Laura Goode and Neelanjana Banerjee. They want to hear all your secrets–in a fun, safe, and beguilingly hush-hush way.
Send 300-500 words on the good, bad, and ugly of how you swiped the V-card to farahgoesbang AT gmail.com by Monday, March 19.
More on the blog’s concept and how it works: …more
A beautiful Rumpus Comic from MariNaomi that should not be missed.
All Over Coffee #575
Collaboration with Lou Beach
Another gorgeous Rumpus Comic from Paul Madonna.
Our AWP screening of Being Flynn was documented by Ed Negron, a photographer for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Click here to peruse his photos.
The film is based on Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night In Suck City. Check out the movie trailer after the jump. …more
Dear Rumpus Readers,
We recently switched server hosts, which is great news. Unfortunately, we lost some content along the way. But fear not! We have all the missing articles and will be re-posting them today. If you have any questions, feel free to contact isaac AT therumpus.net.
Thanks for reading!
-The Rumpus Staff
The Rumpus is waiting on a server transfer, so we won’t be updating until further notice. This gives everyone a chance to catch up on the many excellent pieces from the last few days.
HORN! REVIEWS:
Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty
Another fantastic Rumpus Comic book review by Kevin Thomas.