Sonny Paine!

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Matthew Goodman

We did it! Sonny Paine is here! Or, we did it a while ago, relaxed after proofing and copy editing over and over again, sent it to the printer after a slight hiatus, and the shipment wasn't held up by mafiosos! Not devoured by fire-spewing elephants on the interstate! No, the words found in Sonny Paine have not been disturbed in any such way, have arrived at 826's doorstep clean and fresh. There is a hard, physical copy made from binding and pulp and blood and gloss, and we are ecstatic.

Already Sonny Paine-mania threatens to sweep the city. I've sold copies in Physics, in Mock Trial, at Big Nick's while attempting to wolf down a Sumo Burger (1 lb.+) , on the F train (not to Sonny Paine, though I'd like to show him), even to my doctor (I've grown three and a half inches, and I attribute that to Sonny Paine). We have a reading at the 826 Review release on Thursday. We may have another, more teenage-centric event during the summer (toss up between a pie-eating contest and a talent show). We are already planning the next issue. Sonny Paine's gonna apply to college. We are recruiting, so far only people whose names begin with Z. We are basking in our accomplishments without shame. Most importantly, only three of our friends looked at Sonny Paine, proffered in our trembling hands, with disdain. That's a record.