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Chris Norris's avatar

No joke: an agent recently had me rewrite a proposal in Comic Sans, to encourage a more easygoing, layman-friendly attitude in my prose, and I'm ashamed to say it kind of worked. A counterpoint to using the New Yorker's magical Caslon Pro or whatever it is when I'm feeling really dumb, which is most of the time.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Oh my GOD. I would kill an agent in his SLEEP for recommending Comic Sans. Unbelievable.

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Courtney Daniels's avatar

Jimmy and I are dying. A tight 5 of brilliant social commentary. The third-to-last paragraph slayed us. "Carnival nausea"! "Walking the yard and eating mystery meat"! The last sentence is devastating. YOU'RE TOO GOOD FOR THIS WORLD!!! Wow.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Girl, you always make my day.

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Courtney Daniels's avatar

It's another fantastic piece of writing! Forgot to mention your performance kills us! Jimmy's always commenting on your unique emphasis of certain syllables and words. You're an original. Wanna see you taken to the masses.

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DC Reade's avatar

Oracle! I was wondering where you was.

Good to know you still write with the excellence.

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Nicole Costello's avatar

love this!

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Risa Mickenberg, Editor's avatar

Poor Hotdog.

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Austin Young's avatar

bwhahahahaha!

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