IN THIS ISSUE #23.
The Pursuit of Happiness…EAP suspects we should stop chasing it so hard and just look around…
EAP's new surreal series ANASTASIA'S GARDEN: THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS suggests we bliss seeking Westerners should just cultivate our own gardens, while keeping the automatic weaponry on stand by…BOB'S PHOTO GALLERY: HAPPILY EVER AFTER goes on assignment to a clown cemetery…DAVID BUDBILL contributes three poems, each one going to the heart of what EAP firmly believes to be the only real happiness…A HAPPY LIFE …HAPPINESS …and ANOTHER POEM …really, I know you like to skip the poetry, but you'll be sorry if you do this time, because he sums it all up, which is what poets are supposed to do, for God's sake…
MAT CAPPER gets happy with bats and water and snow on the motorway in MUMBLINGS OF A SCOUSER: GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN …and SEAN WATKIN refuses to be a victim in QUEERPOOL 10: SEARCHING FOR THAT SUNRISE …BJ BEAUCHAMP intends to EAT DESSERT FIRST ...rhyming poetry makes DAVID HOROWITZ really happy in ON POST-IT NOTES AND NAPKINS …and DENNIS DUNLEAVY is unhappy with this constant search…for what?…in HAPPY MEALS, HELLO KITTY, AND MY IPHONE…
DEVINDER SIVIA keeps up his search for the Real, which is different than the search for happiness, but which, in our opinion, probably leads there quicker in the end, in MEDITATION IN SIKHISM…
And MIKE MADRID keeps up his series THE SUPERGIRLS: How Superheroines Fare in Pop's Culture by visiting THE SILVER 60's: CAMELOT AND THE DOOM PATROL. ..THE MARVEL REVOLUTION …and THE GO-GO GIRLS…
THIS MONTH’S EDITORIAL thinks life is one long drink of water…
The Todblog goes on in its own way…JAM TODAY moves enthusiastically into the foods and pleasures of spring…
Finally, this month, ASK WENDY'S MAILBAG is more than half full…with letters from GI Joe, Alice in Wonderland, and Norman Bates…leading Ask Wendy to further clarify the workings of the Fictional Characters Working Group as, in the interests of greater transparency, she publishes THE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS WORKING GROUP APRIL MINUTES , as well as THE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS WORKING GROUP MAY AGENDA …EAP wishes the group all the best in tackling the problems of saving the world by changing its stories…and promises not just abstract support, but sherry and biscuits for its meetings as well…
This month’s photograph is by ALEX COX.
Next month: THE IMPORTANCE OF STORIES issue appears 15 May. Contributions need to be in by 10 May.
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