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  • Worm Miller
    1

    In 1957, Worm tragically drowned at camp while counselors were inconsiderately having sex. Or so everyone thought. Ambiguously undead, Worm vengefully returned decades later and has been happily killing sexy idiots ever since. He's fought Corey Feldman and Freddy Krueger and gone into space. He hopes someday to fight Michael Meyers and a Predator.

  • Tim Saccardo
    2

    Tim Saccardo is an LA-based comedy writer, director, and improviser. His credits include the TBS sitcom 10 Items or Less, the Huffington Post's Wikipedia parody site Dickipedia.org, and MTV's upcoming animated sketch show Popzilla. He also frequently writes and performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and their website UCBcomedy.com

  • Becky Bain
    3

    Becky likes to scuba dive, sky dive, make movies, drink fancy wine and travel. But all of those hobbies are pretty expensive, so she usually just sticks to writing. Words are cheap.

  • Matt Houghton
    4

    Matt Houghton is an adolescent, who spends most of his time in a cold and dark basement in Canada, a lot of which is spent perusing Craigslist Missed Connections and convincing himself that they’re all about him. He’s also a “student” which simply means he drinks in excess, listens to 90s punk rock and eats burritos at three in the morning.

  • Kristin Wong
    5

    Kristin Wong is a talented and good-looking writer who definitely did not write this in third person. Her guilty pleasures are 2 Live Crew and Lolcats. In addition to her writing endeavors, Kristin is also an enthusiastic and dedicated professional (wrestler).

  • Rick Paulas
    6

    Rick Paulas has never written a serious thing in his life, some of which can be found at ESPN The Magazine, McSweeney's, Radar Magazine, Deadspin, and other nonsensically-named websites. In short: If you'll pay, he'll write.

  • Ben Siemon
    7

    Ben drove from Phoenix to LA in a 2006 puke-green Pontiac Vibe, and never looked back. Ben is a writer, improviser, and performer that can be seen weekly at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre LA. Ben also contributes to the Black Eyed Peas website "DipDive.com", and has a nose that is probably bigger than yours.

  • Hillel Aron
    8

    Hillel enjoys playing racquetball, eating steak, and reading about the American civil war. You can follow him on the twitter, or find him on the facebook and tell him how funny he is.

  • Michelle Lewis
    9

    Michelle was raised in the South, where she was taught "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." So, instead, she writes.

  • Kirk Pynchon
    10

    Kirk Pynchon was born a poor black child. He enjoys skinny-skiing and going to bullfights on acid. He also listens to Tito Puente albums until four in the morning.  In his spare time Kirk enjoys ripping off lines from movies and pretending they are his own.

  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    HOW IS PRINCE THE NORMAL ONE?
    24 July 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Kitty Cattrall
    A look at R&B singers of past and present.
  • SPLOOGED
    ANGRY PORN ACTORS
    12 March 2010 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Sean Metcalf
    You would think people who got laid for a living would be happier. Maybe not.
  • SPLOOGED
    SAYING THANK YOU WITH A BJ
    24 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Martin Stranka
    No word on what a "You're Welcome" would be.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    THE BEST SECONDARY VILLAINS IN FILM
    08 January 2010 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: David Hwang
    Because we like number 2's.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    HOW TO SEEM LIKE YOU GIVE A SHIT AT WORK
    20 April 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Joey Irizarry
    It's easier than it sounds.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    WEED - THE ONLY THING PEOPLE SHARE
    22 December 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Nejc Anclin
    I guess we're all socialists when it comes to pot.
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    DEPRESSED OR TIRED - A JUDGMENT CALL
    17 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Siri Kristinsdóttir
    It's a fine line.
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    BREAKING UP OVER SKYPE
    12 May 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Valentine Gallardo
    Nothing’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend while looking at her on your computer screen.
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    WHERE HAVE ALL THE LISA LOEB GIRLS GONE?
    19 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Alberto Polo Iañez
    Good riddance to all the "Janeane Garofalo Girls."
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    RED VINES VS. TWIZZLERS
    13 April 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Sean Metcalf
    Which one you pick says a lot about you...
  • SPLOOGED
    TAKE YOUR SOCKS OFF DURING SEX
    04 May 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Andrey Dubinin
    If you want your girlfriend to love you...
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    LIAR? LIAR? PANTS ON FIRE?
    04 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Mathiole
    I'm not not telling the complete truth.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    EAT, SLEEP, OR FUCK?
    28 July 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Mel Stringer
    Which is most important to you?
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    MEDIOCRITY PLUS QUANTITY EQUALS SUCCESS
    14 May 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Joey Irizarry
    Olive Garden and 'Fast and Furious' prove this equation.
  • THUG LIFE
    ALL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED BY DANCING
    11 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Oles Romanyuk
    Hollywood is always correct. Especially about black stereotypes.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    ROAD HOUSE IS BETTER THAN THE GODFATHER
    15 September 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Edwin Servaas
    In memory of Patrick Swayze. You will be missed.
  • SPLOOGED
    SOFT PORN ALWAYS TRICKS ME
    21 October 2008 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Janusz Miller
    It's never going to be good. Why do I keep watching?
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    I AM LARRY DAVID
    25 June 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Sean Metcalf
    Except for the old, Jewish and rich part.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    IF JAWS TANKED
    11 June 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Edwin Servaas
    The course of film history would be altered forever.
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    WHERE DOES SLANG GO TO DIE?
    03 April 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Oleksandr Hnatenko (gnato)
    It's gotta be somewhere in Eastern Europe.
  • ALL FOR ROFL
    CELL PHONES ARE THE NEW SPORTS CAR
    21 January 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Rohan Likhite
    My cell phone is a Mazda Miata.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    HOLLYWOOD’S 7 LAYERS OF REJECTION
    06 May 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Marek Haiduk
    It’s like a delicious seven- layer dip…made entirely of cow shit.
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    SEMESTER ABROAD DO’S AND DON’TS
    29 January 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Clara McGuire
    Do, read this article.
  • ALL FOR ROFL
    RINGTONES ARE FOR CHICKS
    01 December 2008 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: FeedMink
    Your Man-Card is revoked.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    ENERGY DRINK PUSSIES
    09 October 2008 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Holger Jung
    Is life that fucking exhausting for you?
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    THINGS YOU REALLY LIKE ARE BAD FOR YOU
    17 December 2008 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Laura Vancane
    The whole city of Las Vegas must be carcinogenic.
  • BIGGIE VS. TUPAC
    HOW ARE THINGS?
    05 October 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Valentine Gallardo
    Is it just me or is everyone in NY and LA a prick?
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    SOMETIMES A DOUCHEBAG IS JUST A DOUCHEBAG
    27 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Benoit Paillè
    "Don't TOUCH it."
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    WHEN TRIBUTE BANDS GET EGOS
    27 January 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Merijn Jansen
    When lack of creativity meets lack of taste.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    DON’T TRUST JAG-OFFS WHO AREN’T INTO FOOD
    11 December 2008 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Ted Sabarese
    Skinny people are not to be trusted.
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    CANDY AND SUNSHINE MAKE ME HAPPY
    03 March 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Aimelle
    Looking at your glass half full never looked so bad.
  • ALL FOR ROFL
    AGREE TO DISAGREE? FUCK THAT!
    23 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Elif Sanem Karakoc
    Look, I don’t want to fucking agree with you. That’s why I’m arguing with you in the first place!
  • ALL FOR ROFL
    REMOTE CONTROL CONTROL
    08 April 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Joey Irizarry
    Control the TV remote and you control the world.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    DUMBASS HOLLYWOOD JARGON
    08 October 2008 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Jonathan Jacobsen
    Let's NOT put a fuckin' pin in it.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    SHUT UP CHECKS
    21 April 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Simone A. Wingfors
    If I was rich, I would pay people to shut up.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    DON’T TALK TO FREDOS
    12 March 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Zachary Zezima
    Because he's worthless, not because he dies.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    OSCAR NIGHT THUNDERDOME
    20 February 2009 / Writer: Kirk Pynchon / Artist: Sean Metcalf
    They should be hosted by Michael Buffer.