We’re still pretty darn excited about all the exciting things happening around here lately that we’re going keep the excitement going with the announcement of the exciting roster of writers and imagers for issue five, an issue that we’re a little more than excited about!

FICTION

Everything Is So Goddamn Great
Story by Megan Stielstra
Images by Josh Letchworth

Line of Scrimmage
Story by BJ Hollars
Images by Chase Heavener

Craig was a Retard
Story by Jay Riggio
Images by Bryan Soderlind

What I Love About History
Story by Angi Becker Stevens
Images by Sarah McNeil

Grillz
Story by Laura Owen
Images by Suzanne Walsh

Larry
Story by Jill Summers
Images by Max Kaufman

The King of the Jews
Story by Dan Moreau
Images by Josh Letchworth

Barber vs. Heart Disease
Story by William Walsh
Images by Alexander Martinez

Waste
Story by Amelia Gray
Images by Lauren Nassef

We Will All Get Better and Then We Will Get Worse
Story by Kuzhali Manickavel
Images by Erika Somogyi (above image taken from this story)

NON-FICTION

Mi Madrileno
Essay by Molly Each
Image by Nate Twombly

Reimagining the National Border Patrol Museum
Essay by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Images by Wheat Wurtzburger

PHOTO

Punta Cometa by Jaime Martinez

ART

Dawn of Man by Danny Jones

Holyfuckingshitthisisgoingtobesogoodyoudon’tevenknow!

Oh, hi there! I almost didn’t notice you over all of this beautiful content.

Welcome to the new site! Had kind of a shaky launch, but here we are. We’ve been working on this site for a few months now and we hope you thoroughly enjoy it. Click around, read a few stories, watch the Mark Janeki video (I’ll be posting some outtakes from that here in the blog in a few days) and most importantly, give our print section a looksee. What are you waiting for? Go! Go!

I hired Jen O’Malley to lay out the new issue. We’re at Stardust working on it all day today. I would tell you to come over and say hi, but we’re very, very busy and must avoid all distractions. So please leave us alone. Sorry, you can come chill with us if you want to.

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Got a little bit of ink over at the Orlando Weekly. It’s the best and only award we’ve ever recieved. Check it out here. I’ve always been a fan of the Weekly’s  “Best of Orlando” issue. For one it occasionally turns me on to some previously unheard of spots around town as well as highlighting some of the cooler aspects of the city. Also I find it really funny when the editor’s picks contrast so vastly with the reader’s picks.

Best subs of 2009:

Editor’s pick – Philly Style Hoagies and Deli

Reader’s pick – Publix Supermarket

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And the cyber ink continues over at BOOOOOOOM! Jeff posted the web debut of the story Office Girl by Joe Meno, originally appearing in issue #4. If you haven’t read this story yet, do yourself a favor and take advantage of this magical piece appearing for free on the internet. And don’t forget to take in the amazing accompanying images by Raquel Aparicio.

Very exciting stuff happening on the internet front. The inimitable Jeff Hamada over at BOOOOOOOM! gave us some cyber ink this afternoon. If you’ve never come across Jeff’s site you’re missing out. It’s a daily-updated compendium of some of the most talented creative people in the world these days and we’re happy beyond the ability to express ourselves to be included among them. Thanks Jeff!

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I got these guys to print up some post cards for me for this. If you show up this weekend (we’re at booth #146) I will give you one of each of these extremely limited edition postcards. For FREE. That’s right Chicken Little. The sky is falling.

Been a little boring on the blog this week, I know. Life got the best of me. What am I gonna do? Blog about my life? Yeah, right. The internet don’t care about that. All they care about is this. You know it’s true. Admit it.