The Secret Life of Jonny M.

When founding Saturday Night Live cast member Laraine Newman posted a photo of herself and SNL costar Gilda Radner dressed as Playboy bunnies on her Instagram account, Hack’s cover artists Jonny M. (a devoted fan of Ms. Newman) enthusiastically commented “I had such a crush on you.” Fortunately, Ms. Newman recognized the message as a benign compliment from a fan instead of the insane ranting of a stalker that is inevitably assumed from any of Hack’s Social Network interactions and she kindly “liked” it, sending Jonny for a walk on Cloud 9 for a few hours.

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The Chic Spies

Chic Spy Day, which was created by Mignon Gould of the fashion website The Chic Spy, celebrates James Bond and similar fictional chic spies of film and television. Since there are few things Hack loves more than writing James Bond rip-offs, he took advantage of the gala to crank out this hodgepodge, an almost word-for-word copy of Diamonds Are Forever that led to his biggest plagiarism lawsuit yet.