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Meet Hex Johnson, Mad Designer of the Bleeder!
Bleeder # 2 
now available!
Bleeder # 1 
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News to you!

Breaking War News!
Hello Kitty Replaces Ari Fleischer
as White House Press Secretary 



Keio Thugs Strike Again
Salaryman brutalized for going 
where no man should go ever.

Robots Riot in Mitsubishi Factory
Droid Solidarity 
provoked by mad scientist


Ministry officials Warn 
Against Vomit
Bonenkai upchuck poses 
serious national health risk.

Japanese Man Hates Beatles,
Girlfriend Hates Carpenters
Tokyo's Omega couple finds 
themselves in musical hot water.


Alien Balls Land in Tokyo
They're green! They're round! 
They're here!

Santa Nabbed in Bin Laden Sting
Have a molatov Christmas!


Ishihara Has Final Solution
Don't worry. It's crows not 
foreigners...this time.


Residents Protest Cafe Closing
Another loss to architectural history.

Entertainment
The Triangle
A Review of the latest horror 
sensation starring Naomi Watts! 



Tokyo Publisher Fined 
for Fake Harry Potter Sequels
Boy wizard fights train trolls
and department store witches.



In Sports! 
Tiddlywinks Showdown! Pawn Takes All!
X-Men Monopoly gets rough!

Advice,Horoscopes and Opinion

Webspite
Our picks of the month! Bush also picks!
Horrorscopes 
NEW!Hex Johnson star gazes!
        

No Little Children! You Are Not CuteThe Cow's own Obachan lets loose on spoiled kiddies.


Ask An Overworked Salaryman. New!The latest advice from a man 
who knows how to dish it out, and 
certainly how to take it.


Ask Emi! New! A stream of consciousness 
column from a girl in a jam!



        
Mixed Media

Design Festa 2002
A photo essay

The Train
It ain't easy being a trainee.

Swaddled in Fear
Terror haunts the kid's clothing
department at Seiyu!

Another Ugly Tower in Japan?
The Cow offers its own ideas on how
the latest Ueno monstrosity should look!
Cartoons

Bob in Wonderland
A visit to existential bugville

Features!

Fascist McNuggets
Lovey Howell brings
a pop-culture overview
 of Japan's right wing.


A Day in the Life of 
a Japanese Psychiatrist
Remember when Mulder 
and Scully ran into that 
inbred family out in the 
woods? J. Mole uncovers 
a story of family ties and 
schizophrenia@worthy 
of James Dickey

Columns 

Culture Jam 101 
Hex Johnson gets you
ready to wage the great 
Tokyo@Meme War.
 

East of Centre?
20 something, 30 
something or 100 
something, J. Riga 
asks if it's right to see 
Tokyo@as just another 
midlife limbo.

Jacko-pan
Japan and the reclusive
pop-star have more in
common than they think.  


Attack of the Cones
Lovey Howell on Tokyo's
authoritarian attempts to 
micromanage creativity out 
of existence.





Special

Gruesome Tales From Law School
An ex-resident of Japan can find plenty to be
scared of on the other side of the Pacific.

Literary Stuff


The Airbrushed Constellation
New fiction from J. Riga

Japan Life
Hex Johnsonis speechless and sselhceeps

Lot 
Short fiction by J. Riga

Poems
By Edward Isaac and
Hex Johnson





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