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Of Gilloolys, O.J.s and the Time When Penguins Flew

OK, Greg Pate and I got tired of hearing how much all of you missed The Flying Penguin. So, to satisfy both of you, we’ve (well, Greg) put together a little book of some of the best bits from the first seven issues of Redding’s own little alternative paper. And, to make matters worse, we will be foisting them on the public at Saturday’s Authors Fair at the Mt. Shasta Mall. Both Greg and I will be there to regale you with wild tales of the 1990s and to explain why a certain newspaper took exception to our annual Retchid Penlight parody issue. (I guess I’ve been pissing those guys off for years.)

There were a lot of talented and wonderful contributors to The Penguin (just like on A News Cafe Dot Com) but you won’t see any of their work in The Flying Penguin Scrapbook. It’s all stuff Greg and I did. There are columns (Dr. Adam Baum, Fanny Flanders), fake ads, some newspaper parody and the ever-popular Personals. There’s even a cartoon or two. Stop by and say hello, and for the love of all that is holy, buy a book! They’re stapled and everything.

Phil Fountain

Phil Fountain is a pseudonym for ANC’s prodigal cartoonist, Philbert Phountain, who has recently returned from a working hiatus where he served as the lead fact-checker for George Santos. He lives in Shasta County with his long-suffering wife, Christine, as well as a variety of layabouts and urchins who claim to be his progeny … including three grandchildren. He busies himself with his crayons and obsessing over the fate of his favorite baseball team while a small dog sleeps under his desk. He’s actually not such a bad guy as evidenced by the fact the dog rarely bites him anymore. Look for his crudely rendered drawings in future posts on A News Café.

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