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Every September Union Square (somerville, ma) celebrates the invention of Marshmallow Fluff  by local resident Archibald Query in 1917.  As part of this year's festival. learn the story behind one of the festivals most beloved (not to mention Superhero) characters FLUFF BOY!

In this 32-page full scale comic book, Somerville graphic artists tell how Jimmy, a sweet youth from Union Square, is transformed into FLUFF BOY superhero and through many struggles struggles comes to terms with his new sticky superpowers.

My Zombie ate my Homework.

I was a shitty student. I made it through high school by a combination of not giving a shit, and having a uncanny ability to remember things I am told. A more accurate statement would be that I remember things I hear, I rarely took notes and NEVER did homework, and was still able to do well on tests based on my memory. Doing well on tests and getting shit marks for not doing homework stuck me with a "skin o' my teeth" passing grade. I actually had to scramble to pass my last English class, without that credit I would not graduate or at least have to do summer school.

I wound up writing a short story entitled "My Zombie ate my Homework." It was awful, It was an attempt to explain why I had never handed in a paper to her all year, all the while trying to be funny enough to distract her from the fact that my grammar knowledge was non existent. It didn't work. I got a 68% as a grade, and I narrowly avoided summer school.

The most ironic thing is that my "legendary" memory has completely failed me at to the content of that short story.

Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer..

Unfortunately, your Drummer Keeps Shitty Time. Long story short, it's rough knowing your Sister is a Junkie

10 Tips on Getting a job at a Comic Shop

1. Forget looking in the "Help Wanted" section of your local paper, it's not gonna happen. Instead check the obituaries and police blotter.

2. You can try walking in and asking, but chances are your gonna be talking to the owner who is there because he can't afford employees, or it's an employee will shoot you down right away fearing you are "out to get" his or her position.

3. Write a creative resume and doodle on it, then forget it at home because no one will ask for one.

4. Do not apply to the shop you buy comics at, in other words don't "Shit in your own backyard". Chances are those folks at the shop you frequent, they have opinions of you. Good or bad it's better to start with a clean slate.

5. Let's suppose you actually got an interview. DO NOT wear a comic themed t-shirt. Assuming that wearing what you want is the wrong approach, on the other hand show up in a tie and your gonna get made fun of, probably to your face and definitely when you leave.

6. Be a girl

7. Avoid droning on about your favorite comics, even if asked DO NOT elaborate on how much of a "Buffy" fan you are or how you think that "Aqua-man" could take the hulk in a fair fight.

8. Avoid trying to connect with the interviewer, he or she doesn't want to hear about how much of a travesty Fox's cancelation of "Firefly" was or how bad "League of Extraordinary Gentleman" is. Besides they already know.

9. Be good at something, and be reliable. Chances are if you have to count on your fingers and have trouble reading, your screwed. However even if you are a wiz with numbers and can tell the difference between "there", "their" and "they're" It not worth a lick of good if you can't get to work on time.

10. The most important tip for getting a job at a comic shop, the one and only, sure fire way. Open your own...

...and hire a girl.

~Lou