Failed novelist, failed screenwriter and failed Whittle Communications blurb editor Coury Turczyn at last found his niche (or "rut," depending on his mood) in 1992 when he started writing about dive bars for Metro Pulse. Miraculously converting this into a full-time position as managing editor, he began his long quest of brainwashing talented reporters into writing stories for absolute peanuts. Additionally, while not contemplating his journalistic vision, he inflicts his twisted theories of cinema on unsuspecting readers every other week.
Quote: "Inverted pyramid leads suck donkey butts."
Hobbies: Jump-starting the MGB in parking lots. Collecting spacey objects from the '50s. Trying out new breakfast cereal technology.
Favorites: William M. Gaines, John Kricfalusi, George Clinton, Ernie Kovacks, Frida Kahlo, Weegee, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Terry Gilliam, The 1939 New York World's Fair.
Most Fervent Dream: To actually make a living by writing.