Jake

Born in a backwards region just north of the Baja Peninsula to an abusive, alcoholic father and a puritanical mother trying to make up for her wicked past, to say Jake had it rough is an understatement. After his father was press-ganged into the Navy and disappeared during a legendarily debaucherous night in Shanghai, Jake's poor hardworking mother was forced to raise him and his spastic brother all by herself. Scavenging through rubbish heaps after school just to help his family get by, Jake developed a love of the cultural refuse of a society filled with spectacle (and little else) early on. Refusing to conform to the strict rules and standards of the local Shit Factory (aka government school), Jake escaped and hid underground, where he met many interesting folks and engaged in numerous half-hour adventures that later became the basis for the smash-hit TV series MANIMAL! It was around this time that he befriended Pleather Diaz in a barfight and the subsequent night in jail; shortly thereafter they formed the seminal Rancho Bernardo hardcore act THE HENRY MILLERS (think Nausea meets Tom Waits). After a night of heavy drinking and just as heavy gambling landed him in debt up to his neck with the lezzie biker gang, the Devil's Dykes, Jake quietly snuck out of town and fled to Deseret, a bleak land ruled by Mormon fundamentalists and Republicans. Realizing that his former carefree, rollicking lifestyle was no longer possible, and that he liked to cut himself, Jake found employment working with sheet metal. The months went by, and living in a sterile, harsh, mountainous theocracy took its toll on our young hero. After getting into a bit of trouble for drinking caffeinated beverages, and feeling empowered by his new skills and experiences, he took to the road again and made his way back to his homeland by the sea, no longer fearful of what he owed and to whom.And what happened next, you ask? Well you'll just have to stay tuned.