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A Conversation Between Ernest Hemingway and Charles Dickens – Two Novelists, But Only One of Whom Is Prolific

"Senor, do we get to win this time?" Hemingway, seen here during one his frequent Spanish Civil War flashbacks.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to star opposite Roger Daltrey’s Scrooge in the 1998 Broadway staging of A Christmas Carol: The Musical, grants readers the gift of a gab session between a writer very much at home in the American West and one who was accused of destroying Virginia City’s newspaper office on an episode of Bonanza.

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A Conversation Between Frank Capra and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

FDR: President, statesman, inventor of the dimebag

For this week’s Conversation Piece, Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to demand his name go above the title, imagines a Frank discussion.

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A Conversation Between Michelangelo (Artist) and Michelangelo (Ninja Turtle) – Two Creatures I Assume Are Mutants

iGod Touch

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to be sculpted from marble, paints a word picture depicting an Italian and a fan of Italian food.

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A Conversation Between Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix – Two Guys Who Died Before Collecting Social Security

Elvis's eventual hip replacement surgery likely would have been covered by Medicare.

Matt Passet, Whim contributor and honorary agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, records a conversation that features two deceased rock legends swapping sweet verbal licks.

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A Conversation Between Frankenstein and Dracula – Two of History’s Greatest Monsters

Donald Trumpkin

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to be made out of body parts from vampire corpses, stops terrorizing villagers just long enough to transcribe a special Halloween week conversation. Also, FIRE BAD!

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A Conversation Between Andre the Giant and Che Guevara – Two Men I Know Only From Caricature

Look down. This image is likely on your torso right now.

Virulent anti-capitalist Matt Passet takes a break from his ongoing feud with Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase to file this exchange between a wrestling legend and a fashion icon.

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