April 1998
Issue 001COVER
The Return of a Legend
What the Hell Is This Thing??!!COMMENTARY
How it all began.
Clinton versus PalmerCOMMENTARY
An eerie coincidence? I don't think so.
Homer Did ItNEWS
Home denies he did it, surprise, surprise.
Rage Against the MediaCOMMENTARY
The media blames the public for the media's faults.
Apple: It's Own Worst Enemy?COMMENTARY
After years of loses and controversy, suddenly Apple's Wall Street's darling.
Giant Alien Maytag Cuts FingerNEWS
David Van Wagner stitched.
Publisher Hangs Himself!NEWS
Read how the publisher of the Havoc killed himself back in 1991.
World Cup 94 ReportNEWS
With World Cup 98 nearly upon us, this ancient report is curiously appropriate again.
The Guilt-free Drink for LiberalsADVERTISEMENT
The Ultimate Refreshment.
Publisher Hangs Himself!
by Sue Esside, Special Death Correspondant
The following is a reprint from an article that "appeared" in the never printed Summer 1992 issue of The Wreakly Havoc. Perhaps this will explain why it has taken over three years to publish this issue. (Editor's Update: It's now been six years.)
SCOTTS VALLEY: In a shocking move, publisher of the Wreakly Havoc and outstanding Scotts Valley citizen, Marc Zeedar, committed suicide the evening of April 11, 1991. The response to this event was so positive, that Marc repeated the act the next evening.
Thousands of Bethany students and community members from miles around watched as Zeedar hung himself in an overly dramatic death sequence, shouting flowery speeches and tragic puns.
According to one viewer, the impatient audience couldn't wait for Zeedar to die. "It was a little drawn out," said one viewer who preferred his name not be mentioned. "This is the MTV generation. When people expect death they want it to come quickly, not take ten minutes. That's too painful."
Immediately following the cleanup and removal of Zeedar's body, the Bethany Acting/Directing Workshop presented a light comedy, a one-act play by A.A. Milne (creator of Winnie the Pooh) called The Ugly Ducking.
The comedy was an attempt to lighten the tense atmosphere after Zeedar's demise. It seemed to work, too, judging by the laughs the comedy received. In moments the audience appeared to have forgotten Zeedar ever existed.
The deepest irony was that Zeedar was the director of Ugly Duckling. The parties involved have stressed that there is no known connection between Zeedar's suicide and his direction of the play.
The Havoc will morn the passing of its publisher, especially tragic in light of the fact that April 11, 1991 was also the opening night of his first play, All At Once: A Life in One Act.
Zeedar wrote the one act play in February, specifically with the idea of performing it as part of Bethany's Acting/Directing Workshop.
The play, according the advertising, is "a seriously sarcastic play about Life, Death, and the ten minutes in between."
A surrealistic black comedy, ironically about suicide, it tells the story of the brief existence of Anthony Ryan Smith. In his last moments, Andy has a telling conversation with a chair.
Andy's role was performed by Marc Zeedar, and it is tragic that such a character would be his last performance. Zeedar didn't even live long enough to see how people responded to his play. He was hung before the final curtain fell.
Very sad, but life goes on. Zeedar's unknown twin brother, Marc, will be taking over the publishing duties of the Havoc. We hope that there will be no further tragedies of this sort. The Havoc cannot condone such activities of its staff or administration.
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