Evolution of the Ape

by Ryan Simmons

A dwarf with a weird expression? A collection of simple lines that look something like South Park? A monkey, a panda, and Bart Simpson? A key chain? By any other name it's the Evil Ape, the signature character of Massachusetts-based street artist MCA, and it's been a lot of things over the artist's decade-plus professional career. Now interested fans and curious newcomers might have a chance to pick up “Simian Nation,” a 94-page coffee-table volume that lays out, in glossy color, some of the more iconic incarnations of the character. Read More

Goons of Doom on Fuel TV

by EJ Binns

Surf/punk/folk/rock Aussies, the Goons of Doom, headed into the FUEL TV studios in mid-September to share a few songs with the cable/internet masses in support of their latest full-length release on Volcom Records, I Hate My Hair and I Want to Die. Read More

The Fall of Troy

byJason Gardner

In a world where video games are created by teams of programmers and artists, where numerous people take time to create human-like graphics engines and where consoles seem to be king of the hill, Will Brierly is doing things a bit different. Read More

Keeping anarchy on wonkavisionmagazine.com: What the Internet Freedom Preservation Act means to you

By Alex Murphy

The FCC is rarely held as the good guys. When people see those three letters together they see censorship and an evil arm of the government trying to control art and media. However, everyone is also aware of another evil. Corporations. In this case specifically internet providers like Comcast and AT&T. Two companies that have been picking and choosing what they allow on the internet. These blocks could potentially stop everything from file sharing sites to what comes up when you use a search engine. Read More

Under the Veil

By Ryan Simmons Photos by Brian Peters

If you drive by the Wis Tavern Building in Chicago, you won't notice anything out of place. The 120-year-old brick building sits comfortable in context with its neighbors. Read More

Ninjatown Once upon a time, in a land full of ninjas....

By Jason Gardner

When you cook for a living, you usually know what good food tastes like right? So by that same logic, having years of reviewing video games under your belt should make you susceptible to helping create good video games. Enter Shawn Smith, formerly a part of heavyweight gaming mag EGM, a writer turned artist whose creation of the Wee Ninja in 2003 was just the start of what would in time become Shawnimals, a Chicago-based company that specializes in the creation of cutesy, humorous and sometimes bizarre plush based on Smith’s wonderful world called Shawnimaland. Wee Ninja and the rest of Shawnimaland led Smith down a different road than just toys when he decided to combine his love for art and games into a Nintendo DS-exclusive tower defense game called Ninjatown. Read More

Screams From the Balcony
Punks and Dishonesty

By Jack Firneno Illustraion by Jeremy Forson

The Class of 1977 railed against many social ills, but one that doesn't usually make it into the history zines is their distaste for deceit. Three of Britain’s first punk bands weighed in on the subject: The Sex Pistols came first in 1977 with the aptly titled “Liar” on Never Mind the Bullocks. As usual, Johnny Rotten is alternately caustic and cutting, chanting, “lie” and then twisting the knife as he calls out his opponent’s backhanded ways. It’s kind of ironic, coming a band whose story is so fraught with tall tales and hokum. Read More

Passion Brand Clothing

By Alex Murphy

As much as people like to say it’s not, fashion has always been part of rock n’ roll. From the ‘50s until now. Even acts that believe they do not fall into a fashion trend should all be self-loathers, and they know it.
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The curious case of the Rx Bandits

By Justin Cox Most bands spend their entire careers dreaming of a major record deal. The Rx Bandits spent the better part of a decade trying to get out of theirs. Read More