24…25…

It was almost, but not quite, just another Club Hell night at the Facade in Hollywood…

I breathed in slowly…Sir Skipdog let loose a three count, and I breathed out, a quick pinch electrocuting my back, followed by twenty-four more pinches, some more intense, some without feeling…my head spun, but I cycled my energy, focused on the light fixture in front of me, and let myself die in the endorphin rush pounding in my ears…I let myself smile in the face of anxiety and painful knowledge…

Twenty minutes later, I had finished recieving my first surface piercings across a Medusa head painted on my back. For my birthday, I overcame my fear of needles that had irrationally gripped me since I recieved two spinal taps at age sixteen. I had to do something big and intense. It prepared me for probably the crappiest, most painful day of my short life. Hu-fucking-zzah.

But hey…good news: you can buy AFTER online now!

http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=576

Until our distribution gets a bit wider, you can order our book online for a mere 3.75 + bargain shipping and handling. In the meanwhile, all the stores listed in our MySpace blog (www.myspace.com/memetic_press) will have AFTER on their shelves no later than Halloween (provided Thee Reverend Battle actually shipped everything on time…go harrass him at www.memeticpress.com or www.myspace.com/reverendbattle until he sends the comics off, he loves being yelled at). We’re still waiting to hear back from three stores, but I think my publicity wench’s wiles are wearing away at them…

At any rate…BUY THE BOOK.

Don’t make me make you.