Word: pranking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly; 2002) Tomine is comix's tartest short story writer, exploring the bleak lives of aging West Coast Gen-Xers. Newly reprinted in paperback, this collection of his work includes a story of a woman who makes desperate prank phone calls to the booth outside her window and another about a sad obsession over a blonde shop girl. Full Review
Since Lies’ release, Franken has faced criticism of his work from many corners—the book has sparked an accusatory column in the Los Angeles Times, a lawsuit from Fox News and an angry backlash over a prank Franken played on Attorney General Ashcroft and other right wing figures in the drafting of the work...
...wave of criticism continued when it became public that Franken had written a prank letter to several conservative leaders asking for personal testimonies about their experiences with abstinence—on Shorenstein Center stationery...
Center Director Alex Jones said he was upset that the Harvard center’s name was being implicated in a prank of this nature...
...don’t think it’s hurt my relationship with them,” he says. “I did feel bad about using their stationery to write a prank letter...