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Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Funbag

The Hot Take Industrial Complex Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Means

Albert Burneko

Pedestrians pose for pictures in front of a giant Santa Claus figure displayed in a shopping mall in Berlin, on December 24, 2024.

Advertisers Mustn’t Besmirch The Sacred Seasonal Shopping Demon

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

A long white mall hallway with empty storefronts and a sign for an AMC movie theater in the distance

Capital

A Mall I Loved Is Going Pitch Black

David Roth

Split photo. Dan stands in front of some giant pastel mural, wearing a Pizza Plus shirt and sweapants, holding up an old Captain Planet costume. Dave stands in front of a giant helmet that says SPORTS CITY. They're both in a mall.

Life's Rich Pageant

Dan And Dave Visit A Mall Over The Ocean

Businessmen stop and watch a televised Phillies Mets game on a Zenith TV on May 08, 1963.

A Phillies/Mets NLDS Preview, In The Classic Shopping Mall Format

Dan and Dave split image on Wildwood boardwalk. In middle are two shirts: Trump as 50 Cent: Many men wish death upon me A shirt that says My favorite people call me pop-pop

Dan And Dave Hit The Wildwood Boardwalk: A 2024 T-Shirt Report

Split image. Roth stands outside the Stroud Mall holding a CD he purchased. Dan stands inside the Stroud Mall in front of the "Pennsylvania Skill" machine parlor.

Arts And Culture

Dan And Dave Explore Another Mall

Split image: Dan McQuade (left) wearing an American Dream EST. 2019 hoodie standing next to a cardboard cutout of Shrek at the DreamWorks Water Park inside a mall. David Roth (right) pointing up at the "WINNERS CIRCLE" entrance at the old Meadowlands Arena.