A Brief Introductory Note

Jonathan Vankin is a professional (as far as it goes) writer whose work has appeared in such allegedly reputable publications as The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Salon, and the L.A. Weekly. He is best known for the cult classic books Conspiracies, Cover-Ups and Crimes, The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time and Based on a True Story (But With More Car Crashes).

Not incidentally, Vankin is also a writer and editor of comic books for DC/Vertigo Comics. He penned the critically lauded and just generally wonderful DC/Vertigo Comics series Vertigo Pop! Tokyo, Vertigo Pop! Bangkok and The Witching -- as well as The Big Book of the '70s and The Big Book of Scandal from DC Comics. If you have not read them, read them. If you have not bought them, buy them.

Vankin has done other things, too. His various endeavors include the teleplay for the "Lazarus Rising" episode of The Crow: Stairway to Heaven; the English adaptation of the international hit manga Initial D; and the screenplay for Dragon's Fin Soup, based on the short story by S.P. Somtow and set to be directed by Takashi Miike.

With the formalities out of the way, why not come on in? Make yourself at home. Pull up a chair. Put your feet up. Relax. Crack open an ice-cold beer. Or a martini. On second thought, ditch the martini and just knock back a double scotch, straight up. Loosen your tie. Rip off your shirt. Slide your silk panties lasciviously low on your thighs. Splay yourself out drunken and naked on the couch and let's visit -- with Vankin!