Puffed Up Productions

The printed paper itself, in front of Sugarloaf Mound in South St. Louis. It's here! The long-awaited 112-page full-color newsprint tabloid "Incorporating Strange Business, History, and Arts in St. Louis, Missouri" can be picked up FOR FREE at exclusive locations throughout the Metro Area, such as Joe's Cafe, South City Art Suppy , and The Firecracker Press . Don't miss stellar contributions from local artists and writers like Bill Christman, Dan Zettwoch, Peter Pranschke, Darren Snow, Wm. Stage, Tim Lane, Melissa Meinzer, Marianne Laury, Kit Keith, Ron Weaver, Thomas Plunk, Edo Rosenblith, Brett Williams, Ben Tegel, Sarah Paulsen, and Puff Updater her own self, Sue Z. Rust. Incorporating Strange Business, History and Arts in St. Louis, MO. Half of the print run just delivered by Breese Publishing . MoMo centerfold by Dan Zettwoch , with letterpress lap card by The Firecracker Press .

"Puff of Smoke:" Peter Pranschke's latch hook and velour confection is a masterpiece of psychometry. Because you know some old lady once smoked a lot of ciggies on this sofa. "HYPE:" Tim Meehan's paint-by-numbers message gets down to brass tacks! The following piece of pure puffery is from last March! Talk about upcycling!  I'm not sure why I have such a grudge against "upcycling." I've even made money off it: once, when I was selling my Junk Dungeon overflow on Etsy, I unloaded a large box of old cotton sheets onto a paying customer who subsequently spent hours and hours ripping the fabric into strips, and then braiding those into ugly rugs. Does this world really need more ugly rugs, or a cheese grater turned into a wall-mounted pencil holder? Upcycling always reminds me of the crafts suggested by that old Sunday Comics salt, Cappy Dick , my favorite of which was to make an ashtray out of a saucer by glueing neon-brite aqua...