ben manti
programmer/software engineer.
// born in cleveland, ohio in the early 1970s
// When not corrupting the minds of America's youth I spend my time in the Sisyphean task of eradicating stupidity and ignorance among the masses.
// Worked as food tester, masseur, organ bank, drug sniffing dog, and crash test dummy until finally settling in as a software engineer.
// enjoys being married, physical fitness, learning, putting his head in a vice & slowly tightening, and giving atomic wedgies.
contact://mantis@monkey-bars.net
al fukalek
graphic designer/illustrator.
// born in minneapolis, minnesota in the early 1970s.
// ¼ irish, some polish, czech.
// has lived in minnesota, detroit, cleveland, denver, boulder, san francisco.
// currently resides in lakewood, ohio: a suburb of cleveland—the best location in the nation.
// worked in sports apparel, software, children's books, and real estate industries.
// enjoys hanging out with the Wife, reading, movies, sushi, guinness extra stout, movies, camel cigarettes, black converse all-stars, movies, cleveland indians home games, coffee, anime, frank miller comic books, bob dylan, the beatles, movies.
// influences include matt groening, bill watterson, j.c.leyendecker, j. otto seibold, n.c. wyeth, frank miller, harlan ellison, frankenstein's monster, neil gaiman, art adams, h.p. lovecraft, ursula k. leguin, george lucas, william gibson, francis bacon, rene magritte
// pronounced "FEW-colic"; apparently means "glass blower" in czech.
Special thanks to Linda (aka "the Wife") for help, support, and pertinent wise-ass remarks.
Also, props to the One True Monkey God, Frank Rochon (got any mints?).
contact://al@monkey-bars.net
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