Welcome to James MacLaren’s Inconvenience Store, a place where the host is as good as the coffee – bitter, scalding and guaranteed to wake your ass up. We are given a brief tour of the amenities by Columns Editor Matthew Moyer. No shirt, no shoes, and definitely no service.

Jonny Impetigo moves over to the wrong side of the tracks at columns.ink19.com, as we bid a simultaneous goodbye and hello with a star-studded retrospective. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll inch slowly away.

Comix wonderkid Josh Sullivan has come to Ink 19, and Columns will be featuring his art and writings in Vertical Composition. Here’s a preview of where he’s at.

We’re so pleased that Charles DJ Deppner has joined the Columns fold that we’re offering a sneak preview of his spanking new Iceberg Defect column. For your eyes only!

It’s a spooky Halloween treat as the Columns-Keeper gives us a guided tour of the “last stop” for columnists, the Columns Graveyard! What the hell?

As part of the spotlight on new writers at Columns, we’ve got a special preview of Marshall Presnell’s look at 21st Century design successes and failures. 2 Up 2 Down, give it a shot.

Bing Futch pens Dark’s Corner, a view of the Orlando music scene as personal gonzo autobiography. Columns Editor Matthew Moyer picks his favorite moments from Dark’s Corner, and Bing Futch rebuts and rebounds.