Dear fans, countrypersons, mom,
we at Rudy Park enterprises are starting a blog. This is it. It will include lots of Rudy Park news, insider gossip and recipes. We will be posting to it regularly, except when we are incarcerated. Soon, we will have our first major announcement: the winner of our first-ever award for the 'Most Tattooed Rudy Park Fan.'
Stay tuned.
And don't hesitate to write in with your questions, comments, angry taunts, and song lyrics.
Yours in blogging,
Theron Heir
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Hello. My name is Theron Heir. IÂm a deposed Nigerian General. And I have
an amazing money making opportunity for you!
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, I will be signing copies of the latest ÂRudy ParkÂ
comic strip compilation: ÂPeace, Love and Lattes. The book signing will
held at Books, Inc. in San FranciscoÂs Marina neighborhood (address and
details below).
The book signing will also feature the extraordinary talents of Darrin
Bell, the illustrator of Rudy Park, and also a deposed Nigerian general and
member of the countryÂs royal family.
As in the case of last yearÂs book signing, Darrin and I will have prepared
a dance routine and elaborate light show. We also will be answering
questions about the strip, and fending off personal advances.
But, youÂre wondering: How is this a money making opportunity for you?
Simple. Darrin and I, in addition to creating the nationally syndicated
ÂRudy Park comic strip, are deposed Nigerian generals. I think that should
about clear up any questions about our ability to help you make a buck.
ALSO: the Rudy Park books are rapidly becoming collectors items. They are
available only through this one-time offer, or if you go to any bookstore,
or to Amazon.com, or if you rummage through the garbage where copies have
probably been thrown out by my neighbors.
See you in October!
Theron
DETAILS:
WHAT: Rudy Park Book Signing
WHERE: Books, Inc., 2251 Chestnut Street (415-931-3633)
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
Andrews McMeel - our publisher - just sent us the advance copies of the second
Rudy Park book, and they look better than I'd imagined!
Rudy Park appears in nearly 100 papers and websites, and
the first book - The People Must Be Wired - which came out last Fall, sold through its first printing in just a couple months. The second book,
Peace, Love & Lattes picks up where the first one left off: Rudy's pining away for Darlene (who barely knows he's alive and resents knowing even that much about him). Mrs. Cohen, the cafe's resident cantankerous octogenarian, is at Rudy's throat. Armstrong, the cheap and greedy cafe owner is busy watering down the coffee and scamming his patrons. Uncle Mort is desperately trying to scream some sense into the cafe's apathetic, easily manipulated clientele. Randy is picking up chicks while trying to live down a reputation as a dumb jock, and Monkey is still hoping against hope for a bite of a Taco Bell taco. And an unexpected romance between two of the regulars causes both happiness and revulsion.
All this is set against our nation's year-long buildup to the war in Iraq, and there are guest appearances by Donald Rumsfeld (who tries to kick Rudy's @$$), Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft (still hiding in the pastry container, watching Rudy's every move) and Michael Jackson, among other celebs. The
Rudy Park story really kicks into high gear in this book.
Rudy Park: Peace, Love & Lattes is available for preorder through
Amazon.com, and will be in book stores throughout the country in just a couple weeks.
The first
Candorville book will be released by Andrews McMeel in Fall 2005, followed by a second one in Fall 2006. Don't forget, anyone who writes a letter to your local paper asking them to give you Candorville will receive a free copy of the first Candorville book, and other assorted goodies - provided you send us a copy of the note, and the paper adds Candorville to their lineup within 1 year.
