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  • This Week in Essays

    This Week in Essays

    A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!

  • New Comic on Life in SF

    Rumpus contributor Jon Adams has a new comic Just Add Money  in Bold Italic! His work on Bold Italic focuses on life in San Francisco! Read his other comic Ah, San Francisco, which illustrates a current dilemma.

  • The Bold Italic’s Bold Rush

    The Bold Italic is going on tour! The site will be traveling up and down the west coast to Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle. In each city, there will be a pop-up shop featuring goodies from local San Francisco stores, an…

  • Meet Our Own Knife-Throwing Eligible Bachelor

    Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald is featured in two articles today! Nerve highlights his single and eligible status, while The Bold Italic explores the relationship between Isaac and his knife, The General. These are best if read in conjunction for…

  • The Bloggers

    At The Bold Italic, Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton provides us with an illustrated guide to San Francisco’s favorite bloggers. Featured on her list is our own Isaac “Motherfucking” Fitzgerald, also known as “a walking, writing, rump-bumping, well-read bear hug.”

  • The SF Dweller

    Broke-Ass Stuart’s site-specific musings on the San Francisco living experience are illustrated by our very own comic master, Wendy MacNaughton in the Bold Italic. He breaks down the major SF living points and she makes them into aesthetically pleasing diagrams,…