BOOKS by A.J. SCHMITZ
A.J. is a writer, animator, artist and designer. He lives on Long Island, New York with his wife and son and their cockatiel Zen. He writes humorous memoirs that detail his life adventures as well as twisted observations about the absurd world we live in. Besides stints in the toy industry and New York politics, A.J. has worked for HBO, The History Channel and Marvel Entertainment.
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Buggin’ Out is a collection of outrageous autobiographical essays and observations that is sure to delight fans of humor everywhere. A.J’s stories range in subject from the unusual way he met his wife, a battle with blood-sucking bed bugs, his near kidnapping from a cult, and his first… and last, Grateful Dead concert. All told in a funny, sarcastic style sure to send readers running to the nearest pharmacist or bartender.
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In his fourth book, A.J. Schmitz eviscerates “The Stupid Machine”
aka: the human being. Besides shining a blinding spotlight on the human race’s terrible habits, awful decision-making, and horrible prejudices, he documents his own misadventures – a solo trip to Europe, his multiple summer school imprisonments, as well as his first visit to the proctologist. It’s an inward anthropological study on work, war and physical attraction. All of it told with a humorous bent, guaranteed to make you wish you were reincarnated as a dog |
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A.J. Schmitz's manager Odilia Rivera Santos interviews him on his writing, his books, his inspiration and his work processes. He discusses his memoirs Buggin' Out, Death Of Our Dreams and Nut Job, as well as his family, working on Wall Street, time in Los Angeles and the possibility of working in Hollywood. He also talks about his earlier works, a novel series he shopped in the mid 2000s that didn't make it, and things and people he finds inspiration.