Volume 18 Issue 4
Hippo Mary’s Vendetta
This is the first installment of the novel Toupee by Brett Gelman, which Vice will be serializing through the remainder of 2011. The manuscript was discovered inside an empty toilet tank in an abandoned apartment in Joshua Tree. The...
The Bulgemaster
Harold Ivey is a kindly old man who runs leatheroaks.org, a website dedicated to his massive, decades-long love affair with leather.
Busting Up the Klan and Sticking It to the Man
Stetson Kennedy is perhaps the most tenacious and neglected champion of human rights currently roaming this godforsaken planet. Throughout his career he has fulfilled the roles of author, activist, folklorist, journalist, “nature boy,” poet...
Here Lies a Bunch of Mexican Drug Dealers
The tombs of Jardines del Humaya in the Mexican state of Sinaloa seem to have been inspired by the great pyramids of Egypt. Both sites were built to symbolize the ascent of powerful rulers to heaven, but in Humaya’s case most of the...
The New Libyans
Trevor Snapp is a photojournalistic superhero, so it was no surprise that "The New Libyans" piece we posted yesterday was one of the best things we've seen about the conflict thus far. It will run in the April issue of the print magazine, but we deemed...
The Gospel of Glut
I'm sitting in a conference room at the VICE Brooklyn office across from James Frey. We're talking, and I'm still not sure exactly how or why this meeting happened, but I'm listening closely.