(Sep. 1992) - Fire Walk With Me review; Twin Peaks second season; promo cards; calendar; magazine checklist, Part 1. NOTE: This is the 1st Edition version of Issue #1. A second printing (with additional material) was released in October 1993.Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twin Peaks. WIP regularly featured in-depth analyses of films (and other...

Eleven centuries ago, an industrious and conscientious historian, desiring to give a record of the establishment of his forefathers in this island, could find no fuller or better account than this: “About the year of Grace 445-446, the British inhabitants of England, deserted by the Roman masters who had enervated while they protected them, and exposed to the ravages of Picts and Scots from the extreme and barbarous portions of the island, called in the assistance of heathen Saxons from th...

“Kudzu” opens on a sultry July afternoon in 1987, as thirty-eight-year-old Lewis Ray Jacobs is driving from his home in Nashville to his native Stone Coal in Eastern Kentucky, to attend a funeral. He reflects on a similar hot summer day in 1962 when he and his best friend, Travis Wicker, sneak into the wake of a recently departed neighbor, and twelve-year-old Lewis Ray, on a dare, reaches into the coffin to take hold of the corpse’s hand. Things don’t go as planned. Thus begins our introdu...

An RAF pilot who flew around the world with Winston Churchill during World War II tells his story.An RAF Volunteer Reserve officer, John Mitchell was mobilized on the outbreak of war—and just missed going to join a Battle Squadron in France where he would have undoubtedly been killed. Instead, he was posted to No. 58 Squadron flying Whitleys, surviving a tour of operations in 1940–41 that included ditching in the North Sea. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, h...

Collections of sermons by noted preachers of different periods are not an altogether uncommon contribution to literature. Italy, Germany, Holland, France, Great Britain and the United States have in this way furnished copious illustrations of the gifts of their illustrious preachers. Such treasures are found in the Latin and even in the Greek Church. Protestant communions especially, in line with the supreme significance which they attach to the work of the pulpit, have thus sought to magn...

(Dec. 1992) - Interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs; a response to the critical reaction to FWWM; comprehensive Twin Peaks character relationship chart; Twin Peaks magazine checklist, part 2; reviews of TP books.Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twin Peaks. WIP regularly featured in-depth analyses of films (and other projects) by Lynch, inter...

(Feb. 2002) - Three great interviews! David Hughes re-edits his conversation with David Lynch in The Complete David Lynch for publication here! Also, interviews with Mulholland Drive actors Richard Green (the Magician) and Geno Silva (Cookie); and reviews of the Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me DVDs, plus the X-Files fourth-season box set!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated w...

(Sept. 2005) - Massive 64-page giant-size issue featuring all-new interviews with David Lynch, Mark Frost, Catherine Coulson, Bob Engels, and Mary Sweeney! Also: three Fire Walk With Me essays, a report on the 2005 Twin Peaks Festival, Mike Segretto's fascinating analysis "Welcome to the Dream Place" covering Lynch's films, news, and a detailed index of the material in the first 75 issues of WIP!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique ...

(Dec. 2004) - James Marshall talks about his role as Bookhouse Boys biker James Hurley in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me! Also: "David Lynch is a Boy Scout" examines Lynch's official press biography (which reads simply "Eagle Scout, Missoula, Montana"); a detailed look at the extremely rare 1991 Hallmark Twin Peaks calendar that was pulled from distribution; Rebecca and Sam Umland's report on the efforts to preserve Alvin Straight's house in Laurens, Iowa; and lots of updates about TP ac...

(Oct. 2002) - The 2002 Twin Peaks Festival was highlighted by a live performance by Julee Cruise, and WIP reports on it all in this issue, supplemented by some great photos! Also: We interview Mark Frost about his spectacular new book, The Greatest Game Ever Played (and of course wander off topic now and again); a three-page review of the X-Files series finale; previously unpublished preliminary cover designs of early issues of WIP; and a lengthy letters column with topics including Mulhol...

(Aug. 2001) - WIP examines what the Red Room is all about and how it changes through the course of Twin Peaks and then Fire Walk With Me! Plus: the art of Don S. Davis (Maj. Briggs) and a review of the Twin Peaks pilot on DVD. "X-Files Extra" reviews the season three DVD and volume six (All Things) of the official guide to XF.Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the telev...

(Dec. 2001) - Continuing coverage of Mulholland Drive features a long interview with Naomi Watts, who stars in the film (Betty); a short review of the movie; and a very long (15,000+ word) analysis of the work! Also: a review of From Hell starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham, and a review of the X-Files two-part season premiere guest starring Lucy Lawless!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other ...