Sometimes the Old Bastard lets the side down. But other times, he exceeds beyond even his own art. Allow us to explain. Consider the collaborations of Lewis Carroll and Tenniel, or Joyce and Matisse, or any number of authors and the immortal N. C. Wyeth. Even though Robert Louis Stevenson had no hand in Wyeth's illustrations for "Kidnapped," he must be given some credit for having the rich imagination that proved the inspiration for the Renderer of Needham, and so surely takes some measure of the praise for the richness of the resulting work.
Jack (as of yet!) doesn't have the benefit of an illustrator. The mind tumbles with glee at the very prospect, and should one need amusement, for example on a long car trip or on a raft in the ocean or while taking a slow-burning dump, one would do well to imagine some B-grade artist crooked over the drafting board, putting Gina Gershon Erotic Fan Fiction into pictures. One of those prospects that could occupy the mind for weeks, like the old Zen koan about "what is the hottest kind of salsa that's still a salsa and not just, like, acid or a fire?"
But the point is this - much as a writer inspires an illustrator and should be considered part-author of the result, Jack inspires the Internet ads that appear above his site. And as of our most recent look, one of the ads is for a website that teaches you about menstruation and the other is for medicine that cures pinworms. Kudos, Jack.
