Why, it’s Can’t Be Helped

Ever wonder why life is only served by the slice? With this newsletter we go for the whole pie, taking looks at different phases of one man’s life while aiming to find universal in the personal. But hey that sounds pretty high-minded we’ll just have to see how it goes won’t we?

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Who is this guy?

Brendan McGuirk is a writer who in his career has largely written about music and comics, but has also tackled politics, education policy and race, sports, and all other kinds of stuff that struck his fancy.

His work has appeared in the Boston Herald, DigBoston, WBUR’s The ARTery, the Boston Globe, Comics Alliance, Newsarama, ComicBookResources, Metro, Performer Magazine, and KillerBoomBox.