Whitman College Humor Page
Comics
The Adventures of Sandwich and Chekhov
Short Fiction
Stateline
A Mormon high school dropout living in Stateline, NV vents his frustration by throwing a dead rabbit at his ex-girlfriend's new lover. Published in the 2003 Blue Moon. [Word] [text]
King Worm
A hit man is hired to kill his own boss and must confront the senseless nature of his lifestyle and the futile, animalistic human condition [Word] [text]
Pumpkinhead
An eccentric and overweight loner is moved by a young girl's discarded message of desperation. Published in the 2004 Blue Moon. [Word] [text]
Plays
Call Me Bob
Vietnam vet Professor Benjamin Ahab recruits four Long Beach burn-outs for a mission of revenge and existential defiance. Winner of Whitman College's 2002 One-Act Play Festival. [Word] [text]
Pregnant Woman astride a Grave
On the run from the law, Luann Corvallis attempts to shelter her young, disturbed companion, Diet Mountain Dew, with her former lover. [Word] [text]
Worse than Silence
A Beckettian look at four young people waiting for a drug rendevous. [Word] [text]
Discourse on Youth Violence in America: a Love Story
A parody of many things, from public hysteria over school shootings to plays that attempt to graft social commentary onto human drama. A bit of a mess, but it has its moments. [Word] [text]
Silicon Valley
"The True Story of the Rise of Itching Powder and the Glorious Martyrdom of Odin Lott." Dork entrepreneurs Odin Lott and Wayne Geisz attempt to strike it rich with a campaign of senseless guerilla advertising (a la Shepherd Fairey's "Obey Giant" movement) promoting their new website. Things get serious, however, when Odin is made into a political and spiritual symbol by a culture desperate to attach meaning to their surroundings. Designed to be performed in 5 acts (~80 min) with one intermission. [Word] [text]
Uncanny: A Super-powered Rock Musical
The unfinished lyrics to a rock opera originally conceived by Ethan Wagner about a garage band granted super-powers after taking some mysterious pills. With great power comes great responsibility... to rock! [Word] [text]
Film/Television
Small Liberal Arts Institution: Episode 1
"We met at registration." Pilot episode for a sit-com set in a small liberal arts college. [Word] [text]
Worse than Silence
screenplay version of the play [Word] [text]
Poetry
Asparagus for Americus
assignment for my Creative Writing class in college: "food poems" [text]
Ode to Nutmeg
another food poem [text]
Uncle's Got a Secret
another assignment: poems about relatives [text]
Ambition
a short poem [text]
Poesy
Published in the 2004 Blue Moon [text]