Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Original Combo with Joshua Mohr
Joshua Mohr knows how easily the dark parts of the psyche can be sustained and deepened by the seamy parts of city life — drink, drugs, chronic poverty, and sad selfish sex.
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Wayward In The Light
Set in a dive bar, Joshua Mohr’s new novel, Damascus follows a weird gang as their lives crumble. Somehow it’s still life-affirming.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #106
INCEPTION ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Inception.
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All Over Coffee #555 Collaboration with Cheryl Strayed
An incredibly beautiful All Over Coffee from artist Paul Madonna and author Cheryl Strayed. …more
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Make Your Own
Tyler McMahon’s debut novel relives and re-examines a celebrated musical era: grunge rock from America’s Pacific Northwest.
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All Over Coffee #555
collaboration with Cheryl StrayedClick image to enlarge: … Written by Cheryl Strayed. For more information on collaborative All Over Coffee strips, go to allovercoffee.com. … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and…
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WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE:
The Siamese TwinsWhat is the Ten-in-One? Just what it sounds like. Ten acts under one tent, for one low, low price. A common configuration of the carnival sideshow. So it’s ten comics, one for each act. An extraordinary collection of freakish curiosities.…
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Occupy Des Moines
Today, there were protests going on in Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Barcelona, San Francisco–most major cities around the globe–all inspired by Occupation of Wall Street that began 4 weeks ago. Include on this long list the city of Des…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson once watched an acquaintance light a 50-dollar bill on fire for the hell of it. He was not impressed. Living and working as a computer programmer in Silicon Valley during and after the dot-com boom left him with…
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The Allure of Arithmetic: Rumpus Review of Moneyball
Ever since its invention in the mid-19th century, people have seen baseball as a metaphor for American life. Writers and filmmakers from John Updike to Ken Burns have used the sport to comment on everything from race and class to…