Do the Almighty Freaks run into the Insane Unknowns at a midwestern regional gang conference and trade info so they can get together work on some projects? “Great meeting you in that afternoon workshop yesterday,” says Ca$her to Chewdog, “Let’s get together and talk about that project so we can capitalize on our synergistic opportunities!” Such a conference should probably invite our old friend the business card guru as a guest speaker, because all their cards look like like this:
These cards, if you haven’t seen them already, come from a collection of business cards issued, as it were, by Chicago gangs in the 70s. At which time, apparently, gang names still had more in common with the 19th century Five Points-era Dead Rabbits. 70s-era Chicago was roamed by The Stooge Brothers, the Almighty Furies, Thee Almighty Hell’s Devils, Thee Almight Shurz People. A lot of words, a lot of almighties. I like The Stoned Yarders. Says all you need to know, right? Even the members’ names are of another time. The Stooge Brothers —
— sound like a friendlier Little Rascals. Smuckers? Unicorn? Bubbles? Giggles? Sweet Pea? And it is nice to know that The Stooge Brothers make sure to endorse Michael’s love for Bridget.
And it looks like some of the Bishops’ members got left out, or joined late, and had to be added like write-in candidates:
And is this really a gang?
But the most kudos go to these guys, who keep it simple:
