What's Down With The Brown?

Welcome once again to The Brownbag, your perfectly portioned take-away of culture, events and opinions from New York City and beyond. The Spring issue marks two years in the business, and it is thanks to our loyal readers that we continue to grow with every publication. This issue we are serving up some "white bread" in the form of Mark Alpert's comic strip, and find out what it's like to be "Girl" in a traditional Indian family. As usual we delve into the political world, commenting on the dubious behavior of some of our elected officials, and with the General Election now just months away we look back on some of the fiercest contests in history. Issues like war, religion and corruption making or breaking Presidential candidates through the centuries. Still, that was history. Right?... First catch up on Brownscape Updates more>

Sudha's Snack: Just a Girl Please; Hold the Mayo by Sudha Narasimhan
Being called girl is almost likened to being called “thing”. When you are only identified by your gender, you feel stripped of all of the individual qualities that make you unique and human. more>

Artist Lookout! features Mark Alpert
The Brownbag introduces Mark Alpert, a comicwright from the ArmzRace, who has produced a special strip exclusively for The Brownbag: "Brown Bagging the White Bread". Check it out>

Out of the Bag: History's Greatest Presidential Races by Noel Agnew
With the General election now just months away, The Brownbag takes a look back at some of the best races for the White House since George Washington first took the Presidency in 1789…. more>

Chew on This: Governors Gone Wild! by Mery Diaz
Let us take a brief survey of what we have seen in the past year: 1. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s recent rendezvous with the world's oldest profession, 2. NY's Governor Paterson's extramarital affairs (yes plural), 3. Idaho Senator Larry Craig's public men's bathroom solicitations, and 4. Jersey’s Jim McGreevy’s undercover gay extramarital affairs.  more>