(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...

(June 1999) - Two extensive analyses of Lynch and director Peter Weir--a general overview, and a comparison of Twin Peaks and Picnic at Hanging Rock. Also: Twin Peaks in Japan and a review of a Miguel Ferrer/Jenna Elfman play. "X-Files Extra": Duchovny writes and directs XF, and the XF movie on DVD. And more!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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

Inspired by a true story, artfully told by the author of Searching for Bobby Fischer: A Bahamian island becomes a battleground for a savage private war .Charismatic expat Bobby Little built his own funky version of paradise on the remote island of Rum Cay, a place where ambitious sport fishermen docked their yachts for fine French cuisine and crowded the bar to boast of big blue marlin catches while Bobby refilled their cognac on the house. Larger...

(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...

(Apr. 2003) - Special Chris Isaak issue! Articles include a look at his role as FBI Special Agent Chet Desmond in Fire Walk With Me, a survey of his CDs, and an episode guide to the first season of The Chris Isaak Show on Showtime. (Check out the great selection of photos, some published here for the first time!) Also in this issue: an interview with David Lynch talking about the new Eraserhead DVD; a review of the disc; and the usual letters and news sections.Wrapped in Plastic Ma...

(June 2004) - Part four (the conclusion) of WIP's ultimate Twin Peaks episode guide (begun in issues 59, 68, and 69) examines the final episodes of the second season, 2016-2022 (including the very last episode directed by David Lynch)! Also in this issue: Christopher DeCrocker explores whether Shakespeare's Othello can provide insight to a better understanding of Lost Highway; and a news section featuring Lynch actors on Alias, Laura Harring's appearance on the Tarantino-directed episode o...

(Dec. 2002) - Lenny Von Dohlen discusses his Harold Smith role in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me! Also: Rebecca Umland examines The Straight Story in light of the quest motif with emphasis on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; four-page report of Lynch-related television appearances; the final regularly-scheduled "X-Files Extra"; and a lengthy letters column with readers discussing WIP's theory (from issue 60) that the Deer Meadow sequence in FWWM is a dream!Wrapped in Plastic Maga...

(June 2005) - At last--WIP examines Lynch's critically acclaimed (and derided) Wild at Heart in two essays, one arguing that WAH is the director's most disappointing film, and another arguing for the movie's greatness. Also in this issue: "Narrative Technique in Mulholland Drive"; a comparison of Twin Peaks and ABC's hit series Lost (there are more than you may think, including some surprising ones); two reviews of Mark Frost's summer blockbuster movie The Fantastic Four; and news about Ly...