Intro/preview to "The Cosmic Misadventures of Floyd Pinkerton" (CMFP) comic, rock space opera novel/series--from John "Sloop" Biederman, fringe famous humorist and professional idiot! (The latter thanks to his paid--aka "professional"--features sold to MAD Magazine.)An early version of the first novel's start finds hard-drinking, cigar-smoking Floyd Pinkerton spiraling out of control in an unknown planet's atmosphere. Through flashbacks, readers learn that Floyd stole the spacecraf...

The alt-true story of a chance Chicago encounter with President Trump, soon after his 2017 inauguration. In this tribute to New Journalists of the 1960s and '70s, especially Hunter S. Thompson, Trump hides out, and parties down, in "fringe famous" author, performer, etc. John "Sloop" Biederman's home. In Gonzo style, the tale blends fact and fiction not to deceive, but to pursue Higher Truth.

This POV Big Rehab tour tells the Other Side of our Sacred Recovery Cow. Follow 23-year-old free-thinker Boris, and a diverse band of fellow 'Habbers (half on repeat stints), as he's floored to find 12-Step religious indoctrination via a 20th Century hospital. Desperate to quit, fearing for his very life, Boris learns he must recover by rejecting the Program, rather than through cliche acceptance.

The first two years of DailyLimerick.net from Sloop Biederman (MAD to Chicago Tribune; Comedy Store LA to Double Door Chicago)! This series watches it grow, from traditional Limerick per day to plug hosting 1999's 10th National Poetry Slam: Limerick Slam, to noted media source (TV, radio, print) with anti-partisan commentary section as Limericks, too, evolved to include news and human experience.