Category: Celebrity Cameo

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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Black Russian

When Hack’s cover artist Jonny M. was having a conversation with his friend, black standup comedian Dévyan DuMon, Dévyan went into a comic riff on racial matters and kept giving Jonny openings to join in. Jonny, being a wealthy, entitled lily-white, dude knew there was no goddamned way that he could say a word on the subject and curled up into a self-conscious pretzel, to Dévyan’s conspicuous amusement.

Hack loved hearing about Jonny’s anguish and wrote this Cold War espionage thriller to immortalize it. It sold well in Berkeley.