Mark Marino has just launched a hypermedia humor e-zine called Bunk Magazine. It looks like it has potential and is worth exploring. I haven’t yet thoroughly checked out the first issue, but I’ve found a few things that made me giggle and smirk, as well as a few things that didn’t. (You’ll have that.) One of the things that did get a giggle from me was the “Y2K Bug Issue”, found under Features. This link brought up a mock circa-1900 newspaper dated January 1, 1900. In this newspaper, you can read about such things as what our future shall bring. Number four on the list is this:

The entire world will be covered by a vast network of wires which will be referred to as the “World Wide Web.” This web will have been woven by gigantical prehistorical arachnids, who will become our leaders after emerging from caverns beneath the earth, where they will have been hiding for 3 millions years.

I think I just like humor that involves wild flights of imagination.

Another thing I like is the Celebrity Playlists, imaginary lists of the favorite songs of various famous people. Thomas Jefferson’s playlist is my favorite, especially “Brown Sugar”:

Thomas Jefferson (Orr)
Preamble Pre-party Mix:

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours- Stevie Wonder
Brown Sugar– Rolling Stones
Born on the Fourth of July Theme- John Williams
Gasolina– Daddy Yankee
American Woman- The Guess Who
The Star-Spangled Banner- written by Francis Scott Key, as performed by Christina Aguilera
American Pie- Don McLean
Big Poppa- The Notorious B.I.G.
American Woman- Lenny Kravitz
It’s All About the Benjamins- Puff Daddy
Baby Got Back- Sir Mix-a-Lot

Bunk is still a little bit raw at this stage, but it will be a site to watch as it develops further and attracts more talent. It’s refreshing to see a hypermedia zine that has a fun spirit about it for a change. Maybe it will help to show more people that hypermedia entertainment that is created by people who are seriously trying to realize the new media potential of the web does not have to be ponderously, pretentiously, relentlessly self-conscious about its own supposed avant garde status.

Other Posts Categorized as Humor:

• Bob the Angry Flower - September 10th, 2006
• This Spartan Life Video on Network Neutrality - May 12th, 2006
• Amazing 3D Face Generator - April 2nd, 2006

Other Posts Categorized as Hypermedia Storytelling:

• New on Dreaming Methods: "The Flat" - October 16th, 2006
• Literatronic Software for Online Writing - May 27th, 2006
• Who Reads Hypermediated Tales? Children. - March 7th, 2006

Other Posts Categorized as Web Comics:

• March Issue of Sequential Tart - March 1st, 2007
• Review of A Girl and Her Fed - January 3rd, 2007
• Webcomics Don't All Suck - November 24th, 2006
• Bob the Angry Flower - September 10th, 2006
• Gwen Rachel Stanley's Latest: A Month of Sundays - August 15th, 2006
• Scarygirl (Web Comic) - July 27th, 2006
• Webcomics Examiner Interviews Scott McCloud - July 2nd, 2006
• Minus - April 11th, 2006
• Gwen Rachel Stanley's Paper Moon - April 3rd, 2006
• Meanwhile, a Branching Comic by Jason Shiga - April 3rd, 2006