the Propaganda Unlimited Archives
Propaganda Unlimited is an online magazine that was first published in January of 1994 (although the idea had been around for months, it took until January for the stars to align for a proper release) by Constantine and Midget Caesar. Constantine had previously worked on the legendary BLaH text file group and was looking for something new to do. Midget Caesar had no real excuse for being there, as most of his writing makes quite clear. With Constantine as editor, PU started out on a bi-weekly schedule, but reality prevented them from keeping to it as they were hit by long delays, lawsuits, protest marches, and not being able to find the remote. With the help of several talented collaborators, Constantine and MC did manage to publish a few issues. Midget Caesar took over editing duties for issue #9, but sheer apathy and lack of submissions brought PU to a halt in early 1995. Following a joint lawsuit by Quaker Oats, Wilford Brimley, and Wang Computers Inc., the Propaganda Unlimited offices were shut down and all concerned fled to Brazil or assumed aliases.
Here are the issues as they originally appeared; as little re-drawing as possible for HTML has been done to preserve the original low-fi quality of the releases. (Really. Short attention spans on the part of the coders have nothing to do with it.) Keep watching this page for occasional updates, unreleased material, and a massive headache if you stare for long enough.
-- Marc Heiden, November 1995
Volume One
One - January 1994.......Regular features new Fear and Loathing in Cyberspace/Dystropia, DDT's, bus trips.
Two - February 1994...... Romance and Red Lights, Anatomy lessons, a guide to finer water fountains.
Three - March 1994......Lucid Death, Lampreys, Modem Chicks.
Four - April 1994.......Lucid Death II, a day in Bob's life, Jury Duty.
Five - May 1994.......Poetic Injustice, the enigmatic Comrade Slash, Mangoes Abroad.
Six - August 1994..........Standardized Tests, Magic [tm], Short Stories, Fear and Loathing/Dystropia crossover!
Seven - September 1994.....Daring Rescue Missions, Video Games, Talk Shows.
Eight - December 1994......The Black Plague, Poetry, the Fear and Loathing/Dystropia crossover conclusion.
Nine - January 1995.......A New Regime, Online Relationships, New Poets, Black Plague II.
Volume Two
One - February 1995.......Rancor, Stylus, Why the Media is Evil, House of Meats: A Morality Play.
Two - June 1995.......The Essence of Annoyance, More Poems and Short Stories, Chia Pets, the Danger of Success.
Propaganda Unlimited, all related concepts and dogma contained within are © 1994-1995 by MangoJam Productions and the original authors. Unauthorized reproduction of any content for commercial purposes is not permitted. Because that's a real problem. In some alternate universe.
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