Back before Tom Frank was a major pundit ("What's The Matter With Kansas"), he had a magazine called "The Baffler". I came across an issue in my local thrift store, and was immediately in love with the editorial angle: it was like an angry, intelligent literary magazine about business politics. A little poetry, some graphic-novel form short stories, and lengthy essays about the wrong-doings of corporations and big business. This was back in the go-go days of Clinton, so it was quite an anomaly. I wrote to Tom Frank, and as I recall, I asked him if he wanted to get married... or, if that was not feasible, perhaps I could contribute some illustrations?
He went for the latter.
But it all worked out! I'm glad to have had a hand in the magazine's short lifespan (though I understand it's back in print, and now features stories by Matt Taibbi, which gives you some idea of the flavor). I include these mainly for my friends, who were curious to see this work.
