Lollipop Magazine

Heroes Jargon – Column

June 1, 1993

Since the birth of Image, the company has become a veritable artist magnet, drawing in a few more of the big boys from Marvel.

The Girl Whose Name Was Not Jen – Fiction

June 1, 1993

Mistaken identity. So simple. So innocent. So painful. Flashbacks. Another time, another place, another friend, another me. All in the past. All lost.

Requiem for a Brother – Fiction

June 1, 1993

For eternal life of bright rebirth, You ventured miles above Mother Earth.

Savior – Fiction

June 1, 1993

Mama and Papa gone away, They don’t want to know us anymore. Half of us Longhairs, Queers, Punkers, and Junkies. Got no table to sit down at on Easter Sunday.

Within Reality – Petty – Fiction

June 1, 1993

“What’s your point?” I would remind myself that that was my original question, but it seems pointless. I’m too stubborn to listen to anything I have to say.

The Adventures of Macaroni McSpoon – Fiction

June 1, 1993

Mac sat on the couch and thought of the thought he’d just thought. He couldn’t remember sitting on this couch before, or ever seeing this couch before. Hmmm.

Hand in Hand – Fiction

June 1, 1993

The value of the good rich land, And the strength held, In a Grandfather’s hand.

Frank’s Depression Poetry – Ficton

June 1, 1993

They breed young around here… I’m talking fourteen… addicted to alcohol… designer clothing… domestic violence.

Cipher – Fiction

June 1, 1993

One two three — four five. Six seven, eight nine ten, eleven twelve thirteen. Fourteen fifteen sixteen: seventeen eighteen, nineteen twenty?

Cat’s Rant – Fiction

June 1, 1993

“Cats in the Cradle,” a-la Ugly Kid Joe, filled its rotating slot on MTV. My wandering attention was drawn to it, and responded.