ON THE COVER
We took the piss out of rapper Vanilla Ice – an artist we couldn’t stand – but only pissed readers off by giving him the cover spot. Such is the automatic prestige that goes with appearing on NOW’s first page. We never again wrote a negative cover story. As for Vanilla Ice, he still has a life. He’s skedded to be a judge on Global TV’s Canada Sings series and has surfaced with his own home improvement TV show, The Vanilla Ice Project, seen on the DIY Network Canada. Who knew? (Page 20 of the issue)
IN THE NEWS
At a time when Toronto police were threatening to cut back on services because of budget constraints (anything familiar there?), the good folks at 55 Division went on a binge, busting comic book stores for obscenity. Close to 20 stores faced charges for comics depicting what police thought was shocking stuff like anthropomorphic felines lying naked. Investigators called it glorified bestiality. (Page 19 of the issue)
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