Lollipop Magazine

Tom Powers

June 9, 2016

Tom Powers Comics from the Pages of Lollipop Magazine

Hello Kitty, Goodbye! – Fiction

April 1, 2000

The Japanese stock market crashed in ’98, and now Japan doesn’t seem quite so threatening. Japan is blessedly back in, while China, already guilty of being big, populous, and powerful, has only exacerbated matters by behaving in a way that is indiscreet to the point of boldness.

The World Turned Upside (Again) – Fiction

January 1, 2000

It’s possible, then, that people in the year 3K might look back and say, “You know, those people back in the year 2000 were a bunch of fuckin’ douche bags, but look at this article here. This guy Ham seemed to’ve evolved himself into a sort of non-ape.”

It Won’t Happen Again – Fiction

June 1, 1999

I have no idea why they call it blue balls. They should call it the icy hand of incompetence and incompleteness gripping your testicles. Blue balls is shorter.

AmeriMart – Part One – Fiction

June 1, 1999

“If my husband and I come to your showroom,” she wondered with rare caution, “and we like what we see, how much is it to join?”

Garbage Pail – Children’s Books You’ll Never See – Column

April 1, 1999

“Controlling the Playground: Respect Through Fear.” “Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her.” “The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy.”

The Savage Beast is Still Unsoothed – Fiction

March 1, 1998

Just as I once thought being adopted was nothing out of the ordinary, so I expected people to incorporate several styles of music into their audio portfolios.

Wink Musselman – Interview

November 1, 1997

Wink Musselman: The De-Flowering of the Long Beach Lounge Scene

The King and I – Fiction

October 1, 1997

“What have we been doing this evening, Mr. McCue?” he demanded in a mystic Russian accent. There, in my doorway, dressed as the King of Siam, was Yul Brynner.