Welcome to Splurge 2. It’sbeen a little while.Splurge 2 continues whereSplurge 1 left off; exposingthe externalities of corporateconsumer culture using sat-ire, parody, and black humor.Everything you’ve come tolove about splurge since it’sinception into the publishedworld. This issue containsa variety of expression andthought, and it is my hope notonly to continue the mandateand intent of this zine, butalso to broaden the scopeof vision for you, the reader,to see into the world that thecontributors live and expressthemselves in. We all feel theurge to splurge. And some ofus wonder why. Do you?

News Brief: Omar Mouallem

News Brief: Kyle McCrea

Toxic Cultureby Devin McCawley

Buzzwords of the Near Futureby Andrew Pitchko

Author Of Experienceby Adam Wallace

Photo_View: Mike Kuby

More Trouble Every Dayby Mark McCawley

Dine and Sweat in Divinityby Chris Merrell

“To The Dogs” - an excerptby Thea Bowering

Photo_View: Steven Babish

Features

“To The Dogs.”