(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...

(Sept. 2004) - The most extensive analysis ever of the character of Laura Palmer appears here in "The Realization of Laura Palmer," showing how Fire Walk With Me subtly alters the character from her presentation in the TV series. Also in this issue: a report on the 2004 Twin Peaks Festival attended by James Marshall, Jennifer Lynch, and others; a report on the Twin Peaks Marathon in Austin, Texas attended by Kimmy Robertson and Phoebe Augustine; an interview with Chris Isaak bandmate Johnn...

(Mar. 2004) - WIP begins its new quarterly schedule with a blockbuster issue featuring two great interviews! Dana Ashbrook talks at length about his Bobby Briggs role in both Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me! Plus, we catch up with Richard Beymer (Ben Horne) on what he's been up to since his interview in WIP 38, including his fascinating DVD documentary about the Twin Peaks Festivals! Plus: part three in our ultimate Twin Peaks episode guide (begun in issues 59 and 68), this issue examinin...

(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...

(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 ...

(Feb. 2003) - Gary Bullock discusses his Sheriff Cable role in Fire Walk With Me, plus his work in The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Also: we map out Dale Cooper's Red Room journey during the final episode of Twin Peaks; WIP co-editor John Thorne and dvdfile.com reviewer Joshua Zyber debate the merits of24 (and some other things); Jimmy Scott in concert; Lynch-related magazine appearances; and a letters column with readers still discussing WIP's theory (from issue 60) that the Deer...

(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...