Buckle up your seatbelts, put down your devices, and pay close attention to off-ramps.  The Monks have a massive trove of wild, wacky, wonderful detours ahead.  Fourteen solid years of mishaps started with our very first encounter along the roads of Northern California.  Landing in Paradise, California, before it burned, we found our way to…

Before the worldwide web, TikTok, and selfies, there was Monk––a singular, self-published print magazine, written, published, and distributed from the road. Here are the basic facts, as we currently remember them. Year: 1986. Vehicle: a 1972 Ford Econoline Van. Founders: James Crotty, Michael Lane, and their cat Nurse. Tools: First Apple Macintosh, piles of floppy…