As we sit here and count the bubbles in our cobalt blue dishware, wondering if we should purchase the matching platter and drinking glasses to go with it, we thought we'd tell you why you haven't seen too many editions of PO! this year.
We could try and be clever and say that R.J.'s condo blew up to kingdom come taking both of poor R.J.'s puters with it. But no, our woes are not the stuff of great novels/films. We had our own Y2K thing here this year, with R.J.'s original and replacement computers dying, chalk it up to faulty assembly and software glitches. So the delay was largely due to no equipment. But if you don't believe that, here's another one: Before we end the century and slam into the new millennium, we wanted to offer a nice little edition of Pharr Out! to keep you warm and fuzzy in the upcoming (nuclear?) Winter.
Flat out, we were sucker punched by David Fincher's cinematic adaption of Chuck Palahniuk's brilliant first novel FIGHT CLUB. So be prepared to be pommeled by our emoting on the subject. In addition, reviews of other films, books, comics, web sites are all here. And R.J. waxes most happily on McFarlane's decision to further Carpentercize their Movie Maniacs line. While there are no retros this time round, my theory about X-Files baddie Alex Krycek is here too, now that I think I've discovered what his motives are.
We are delighted to feature comic artist/writer Dan Brereton in this issue. Dan's stories are as fun, compelling and entertaining as his beautifully painted pages. His NOCTURNALS are the best original characters to come lurching out of comics in a long time. Combining Leone westerns with memorable monsters, gangsters and snappy dialogue, this is the type of story telling I live for. Dan talks to us about the NOCs, his wonderful GIANTKILLER series and horror, Bit-O-Honey, Snake Plissken (ah the magic name), and so much more. Brereton has also allowed us to run a couple of little seen pieces, he's done as well so check it out.
In the words of the Duke of New York, "Let's Do It!" -------
