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  • Matt Manser
    1

    Matt Manser is a writer/comedian based in Los Angeles.  He is the head writer for "Big News," a weekly topical sketch show at IO West, writes sketches for shows at the UCB Theater, and writes videos for UCBComedy.com.  Oh, and he has also written for CMT's "Trick My Truck."

  • Snuffy Johnson
    2

    Snuffy Johnson was born the son of poor parents in Queens, then opened a chain of dry-cleaning stores on the East side of Manhattan.  He has been married to his wife Weezy for almost thirty years, and they have a son, Lionel, who disappointed him by marrying the daughter of the honky next door.

  • LIVING THE DREAM
    ALCOHOLISM’S NOT AS FUN AS YOU’D THINK
    22 October 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Dan Monick
    But it makes you a better writer. Occasionally. Or just a raging asshole.
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    GRAD SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND
    18 December 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Mike Ranevsky
    Not the good trust-fund kind.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    MY NEW EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING
    11 February 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Gilad Benari
    “Not in this economy.”
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    GETTING YOUR MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD
    22 May 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Valentine Gallardo
    Because in Los Angeles, it's already basically legal.
  • ALL FOR ROFL
    DATA RECOVERY: SCAM OF THE CENTURY
    03 October 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Svyatoslav Palenyy
    You charge me way too much and probably look at those naked pictures of myself I took for "research."
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    I’VE TURNED INTO A DOUCHE WITHOUT A TV
    26 November 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Katarzyna Borelowska
    Not because I’m pretentious. Because I’m cheap.
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    WINE TASTINGS: THE RELATIONSHIP KILLER
    02 October 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Rafael
    Wine tastings in Santa Barbara conjure up romantic images straight out of SIDEWAYS. Spending a couples weekend together. Maybe picking up a trampy waitress at a restaurant. Or realizing your life as a writer is a fraud.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    THE WEEK I WORE A SUIT TO WORK
    25 July 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Geoff Moore
    Clothing makes the man...seem more important than he is.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    TRIVIAL PURSUITS
    29 September 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Mathiole
    Useless knowledge = free booze.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    CANDY FOR RICH ASSHOLES
    16 September 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Brandy Eve Allen
    Rich people are better than you and me, which is why they deserve a better class of candy.
  • SPLOOGED
    SHE RUBBED ME THE WRONG WAY
    18 July 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Maria Rodrigues
    A Thai massage gone horribly pleasurable.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    THE DOUCHIEST RESTAURANT IN LA
    23 September 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Clara McGuire
    Hint: It's Japanese.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    SEMI-USEFUL ADVICE MY PARENTS GAVE ME
    22 August 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Johanna Reed
    I love my parents. They’ve always been there with a shoulder to cry on when I need it and a check when I get laid off and can’t make my rent. The one quibble I’ve got is that they give me a lot of advice.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    WATCHING MOVIES ON TOP OF DEAD PEOPLE
    25 September 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Vance Hernandez
    And gettin' a handjob too, if you're lucky.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    FONTANA: HELL ON EARTH
    26 August 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Vladimir Perlovich
    An unbiased travel guide.
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    HOW NOT TO PROPOSE TO THE WOMAN YOU LOVE
    19 September 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Kim Shillington
    Twice.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    HOW I QUIT COKE
    28 October 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Vladlena Shevelova
    Being a cokehead’s all fun and games, until someone loses their freedom.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    SO YOU’VE BEEN LAID OFF
    22 April 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Viesturs Links
    Let the "fluff" begin.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    BREAKING UP WITH YOUR THERAPIST
    07 January 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Gareth Southwell
    Who do you complain to when you dump your psychologist?
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    D-GUY: I GIVE NOTES
    04 August 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Kareem Rizk
    I’ve slaved in the Hollywood trenches as a “development executive” for years now. What’s that mean? That I don’t actually write, produce or direct movies. Instead, I give “notes” to people who do.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    I DIDN’T GET THE JOB
    05 February 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Adam Bartas
    What’s worse than not getting hired? Telling everyone about it.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    HOW I LOST MY SECOND JOB
    26 December 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Janusz Miller
    Hint: Cocaine played a large part
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    ONLINE DATING: SPAM MARKETING YOURSELF
    06 January 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Leo Kroonen
    The same techniques used to sell mail-order Viagra can get you laid.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    IM AN ASSHOLE WITH A MOVIE IN DEVELOPMENT
    06 April 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Clayton Hauck
    You know that jerk sitting there in Starbucks going over a script with a loud guy? That’s me.
  • HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
    MICKEY’S CRAZY JAPANESE DOPPLEGANGER
    11 May 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Chloé Aimée
    It’s just like our Disneyland, only filled with scantily-dressed teens.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    LOFTS: WHERE DOUCHES DWELL
    06 October 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Jonathan Jacobsen
    You can get really good smack near the Staples Center.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    THE CRAZY-HOT CURVE
    16 November 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Marek Haiduk
    How much insanity a man puts up with is directly proportional to how attractive a woman is.
  • DEVELOPMENT HELL
    BRILLIANT SCRIPTS: GHOST EDITION
    03 September 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Andrew Farrington
    Over the years, as an assistant and a development exec, I must have read at least 10,000 scripts. Most were terrible Matrix rip-offs, but it's gems like these that get me out of bed in the morning.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    CROONING WITH PORN STARS
    13 October 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Liva Rutmane
    Like regular karaoke, but with tits.
  • BIGGIE VS. TUPAC
    FLORIDA: AMERICA’S WANG
    11 December 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Kalif Banane
    Everytime I leave Caifornia, I remember why I came here in the first place.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    NOBODY’S JEWISH THESE DAYS
    10 November 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Svyatoslav Palenyy
    Well, nobody under 50.
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    DON’T WORK WITH FAMILY
    17 November 2008 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Marek Haiduk
    Unless your last name is Spielberg.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    I WAS A SOFTCORE PORNOGRAPHER (NSFW)
    09 February 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Oles Romanyuk
    When fake breasts and fake sex go horribly awry.
  • LIVING THE DREAM
    EVEN I’M TIRED OF MY WHINING
    19 February 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Alberto Polo Iañez
    Is it bad when you stop caring about your own problems?
  • MADATOMS PERSONALS
    MY GIRLFRIEND’S BJ CURRENCY IS HYPERINFLATED
    21 September 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Hrystia Kaminska
    Blow me quick -- before the next Hitler comes to power!
  • LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
    BINGO!
    15 January 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Markus Osanger
    You don’t have to be senile to play here, but it helps.
  • POLITICALLY ERECT
    REBRANDING NAMBLA
    04 August 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Matthew Westberg
    All you really need is a good PR campaign...
  • ALL FOR ROFL
    I’M SORRY I BOUGHT MY MOM A MACBOOK
    15 October 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Sean Metcalf
    Macs are supposed to make your life easier. Unless you give one to your elderly mother.
  • THUG LIFE
    GETTING STONED IN COLONIAL TIMES
    26 August 2009 / Writer: Snuffy Johnson / Artist: Valentine Gallardo
    Why it wasn't as popular as it is today...
  • Worm Miller
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    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.

  • Clem Rorsch
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    Clem Rorsch aka Ryan Sandoval is a writer and comedian based in Los Angeles, with articles published in Hustler, Slap Skateboard Magazine, and Surf Shot Digital Magazine, for which he also acts as copy editor. He contributes regularly to Mad Atoms, and writes and directs videos for the online sketch collective weaknights.com

  • Hillel Aron
    5

    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.

  • Becky Bain
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    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.

  • Katie Ward
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    Katie F. Ward has lived in a bunch of places so, she roots for several different football teams and has a ranking system only she can understand. She tries to eat organic food, but hasn't ruled out Restylane. She loves Jay-Z, Jeff Buckley, and Celine Dion equally. Oh, and she's a hott mess. Seriously.

  • Kirk Pynchon
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    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.

  • Bob Schriner
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    Stories of Bob Schriner conjure images of a man whose pranks and scams are a blend of crime, audacity and high comedy. For years people debated whether he was a fictional character. MadAtoms has found him and given him a safe house in the Hollywood hills.

  • Alex D. Reid
    10

    Alex D. Reid flosses every night and likes reading about serial killers.  Contact him here.