I’m standing in a field near Chico, California with Aileene McConnley. She hands me one of those white air filter masks that people wear while they’re mowing the lawn. “See those?” She points at a pair of white streaks that crisscross each other in the sky. “The trails are going to be heavy today.” When I ask what exactly it is that chemtrails do she scoffs at me and hands me an already opened umbrella.
Read MoreDoes issue six of Kill Pretty feature long form interviews with graffiti icons, horror game changers, and obscure comic book artists? Absolutely. But the question you’re not asking is, does issue six of Kill Pretty feature reviews of different frogs? Hell yes it does. We’ve included a couple of these necessary and important reviews below, but you’ve got to buy the magazine to see how the rest of the frog community holds up.
Read MoreFor a certain sect of horror fans Brian Yuzna requires no introduction, but his erotic, gooey horror films not only skirt the edge of good taste, they’ve kept him on the edge of the mainstream for his entire career. Issue Six of Kill Pretty features an in depth interview with Yuzna that touches on every aspect of his career, from producing Re-Animator, to directing Society and the non-everyman persona of Jeffrey Combs. Check out the excerpt below, but if you want to read the full thing you’ve got to pick up the magazine.
Read MoreHere at Kill Pretty we love crime. It’s the best. Regulars and normals may have an aversion to theft, thieves, and crime-doers but not us. That being said, we also believe that some people deserve to burn in Hell for eternity for their sins against Heaven and possibly even Christ. We’ve rounded up five thieves who deserve to burn in Hell, but not for the crime of committing crime.
Read MoreIssue Six of Kill Pretty features a story of sex, aliens, and Teletubbies from the one and only Steve Torres. It’s best if you just read this very horny excerpt and then purchase a couple of copies of the magazine. If you’re a fed or another Teletubby fetishist, please reach out to Steve personally and not the Kill Pretty staff (we rarely check our email).
Read MoreIssue Six of Kill Pretty has a ridiculously oversized interview with the one and only graffiti god Baer. How big is this interview? It’s so dang big that we could post excerpts online for years and we would never get to the good stuff. Buy the magazine if you want to read the entire thing, or continue to read these excerpts and attempt to piece together what the interview might look like in print.
Read MoreWhoa. Time flies y’all. It’s so crazy that it’s been more than 30 years since Star Trek: The Next Generation gifted viewers with that sexy ass, goo covered Klingon demon Fek’lhr. Was it even legal in 1991 to put something so hot on TV?
Read MoreIt’s tough to write a new article for Kill Pretty every week. Aside from coming up with a funny concept our writers also have to find a tone of voice that’s both disaffected and slightly acerbic. It’s not an easy job. Seeing how America is sliding into the July 4th weekend and Kill Pretty’s office are located in America, if you count Los Angeles as America (ha ha ha, a little joke), we figured that if we’re going to coast on one of our classic Friday articles then we might as well do it when no one is online. Without further ado here are a few pictures of people who don’t feel so well and some funny little commentary to go with it.
Read MoreI am playing Cyberpunk 2077 to finally achieve my boyhood dream: I will be an e-girl. A violent, murderous, sword-wielding e-girl. This is an excerpt from my time in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. To read about the full transformation buy a copy of Kill Pretty Issue Six.
Read MoreBefore Rob Schrab found success with films like Monster House, The Sarah Silverman Program, and Mystery Science Theater 3000, he wrote and illustrated Scud: The Disposable Assassin. When Nacho wrangled Schrab to talk about his influential comic from the ‘90s he was more than happy to dive deep into the hyperkinetic world of everyone’s favorite robot assassin. Check out excerpts from the interview below, and pick up the magazine to read the full interview.
Read MoreAs of now the cats are quiet. Maybe they’re asleep. Maybe they’ve moved on from the sidewalk outside my front door to catch a mouse for breakfast. Is that a thing that cats really do, catch mice for breakfast? Fry them up with eggs to make their mouse omelets? Or do they simply feast on whatever isn’t rotting in an alley? The cats who lounge outside my apartment at night are demons straight from Hell so nothing would surprise me.
At night I hear the cats mewling. It starts with QB1, the alley cat who’s called this neighborhood home long before I moved in. Am I the interloper? Is that how he sees me? I don’t really care, I’d just like him to shut up. Back to the beginning of this paragraph: QB1 stalks the edges of my home, meowing to alert his friends to his presence. “I’m here. It’s time to begin our ghoulish ceremony.” He repeats this sentence for close to an hour before the others arrive. When his fellow cats come to his side it’s all at once as if they dropped out of the sky or teleported into their preferred area of ritual. It would be awe inspiring if it weren’t happening feet away from my front door.
The ever growing mass of cats sits in the shape of a Maltese Cross, their faces inches away from one another, from the moment that the sun is nothing more than a glow in the western sky to the moment when the sky turns purple. The brief transition from night to day. The cats sometimes speak telepathically. About what, I don’t know. However many of their hours spent in front of my apartment are spent hissing and growling in strange accents. Maybe German? Maybe something older? I’ve stopped shooing the cats away. They return more powerful each night to continue their ritual. I’ve slowly adjusted to their presence even if they continue to make me uncomfortable. Am I under their spell? Has my nervous system adjusted to the felines? Am I smoking too much weed? I’m afraid there’s no satisfactory ending here. This is only a report from the streets of Los Angeles.
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Issue Six of Kill Pretty is full of interviews with some of our favorite artists, but our write-up on BAER is not to be missed. Our lengthy discussion touches on everything alien abductions, to sex, and we might talk about art but mainly we just stick to talking about the first two things (alien abductions and sex). Cheapos can check out some of the interview here, but if you want to read the entire piece you’ve got to buy the magazine.
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