ANSWER ME! The First Three (Inscribed)

ANSWER Me! is a big black slab of trouble. Originally released as a series of magazines, then a collected edition which sold thousands before going out of print, ANSWER Me! has been blamed for a White House shooting and a triple suicide. It has been banned in several countries and put on trial for obscenity in the USA. Chock full of well-written rants, interviews, and articles on topics ranging from music and subcultures to sex, love, hate, murder, serial killers, and suicide, this fat, gorgeous anthology contains the legendary rant-zine’s first three issues in their entirety. It also contains sixty new pages of wistful ANSWER Me! memories and tasty new articles written by philanthropist and humanitarian Jim Goad. There’s a strong chance that this is the best book ever published. Only an idiot would refuse to buy it.

ANSWER Me! was so wonderful because it reminded me of when my uncle Joey turned me on to National Lampoon when I was eight years old. After National Lampoon I was always looking for uglier forms of humor, and then comes along ANSWER Me! -- Shaun Partridge, Partridge Family Temple

ANSWER Me! is a nasty little book ... more than worth its cover price for the jaw dropping serial killer and suicide guides. -- debased.com

James Thaddeus"Jim" Goad is an American author and publisher, raised in Philadelphia, PA. He met his now-deceased ex-wife Debbie in NY. They married and moved to LA where he worked in a print shop. He moved to Portland, OR in 1994. Goad has written two books: The Redneck Manifesto, wherein he explores issues of class in colonial and modern America; and Shit Magnet, his autobiography. He also contributed his writing to the book Apocalypse Culture II, many magazines, and a spoken word piece to the Boyd Rice album Hatesville.