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Tea Krulos is a freelance writer and author from Milwaukee. His books include Heroes In The Night, Monster Hunters, Apocalypse Any Day Now, and American Madness (out 2020). You can find more at teakrulos.com.

Undercover publication: Quirky 1981 Milwaukee history book is a rare gem

Tea Krulos
March 2, 2022
Many books have delved into Milwaukee's history—John Gurda's The Making Of Milwaukee (and his entire output), for example—but none is as quirky as 1981's Undercover: A Collection Of Little Known And Unrelated F...

“Riots to Revival” is coming to Milwaukee to baptize you in a pool of COVID-19

Tea Krulos
September 10, 2020
If you're driving by the Milwaukee County War Memorial on September 15 at 6 p.m., you might spot a large gathering of people not socially distancing, spraying droplets and singing along with some Christian cont...

New MOWA and Saint Kate exhibits celebrate Wisconsin’s legacy of underground “comix”

Tea Krulos
August 6, 2020
Back in 2003 I was taking a stab at underground comic production with an anthology of mostly local artists titled Riverwurst Comics, which ran six issues from 2003-2006. As I got started, I had the thrill of di...

Long live candidate Harris, Milwaukee’s U.S. Transhumanist Party presidential hopeful

Tea Krulos
September 19, 2019
If the election of Donald Trump has proven anything, it's that anything is possible. Could a Milwaukee candidate, part of a fringe party that's main interest is prolonging human life expectancy, be our next Pre...

Top 5 places to ride out the apocalypse in Milwaukee (from the author of ‘Apocalypse Any Day Now’)

Tea Krulos
March 27, 2019
While working on my new book Apocalypse Any Day Now, I traveled around the country to learn about different theories on how the world as we know it might end and what people are doing to prepare to live in a po...

“If the ghost shows again, we are all going to fight together”: The Pfister Hotel All-Star Ghost Team

Tea Krulos
October 9, 2018
October is a time for baseball and spookiness, and nowhere on Earth do the two collide quite like Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel. The historic hotel, completed in 1893 by Charles Pfister, has long been rumored to be...

I did a 30-day hot yoga challenge and I almost flooded Milwaukee with sweat

Tea Krulos
December 26, 2017
This all started with a conversation about my back. Often hunched over for my work as a writer, a bartender, and an all-around tall guy with bad posture, my spine gets angry with me. I was telling a tale of woe...

Big hairy deal: Wisconsin couple featured on tonight’s episode of ‘Finding Bigfoot’

Tea Krulos
February 19, 2017
By all appearance, Jen and Larry Dopke are a normal couple that lives out near Eagle, Wisconsin. Jen works in the legal department for a corporation and Larry works in technology for their local school distri...

We make dead things deader: Gearing up with Zombie Squad: Milwaukee

Tea Krulos
February 14, 2017
Zombie Squad, a national organization with chapters in over 50 cities (though many are currently inactive), had a simple origin: a couple of guys from St. Louis sitting around drinking beers and laughing at t...

Exorcist-palooza: A Milwaukee group is hosting an exorcism conference in Illinois

Tea Krulos
August 10, 2016
//Ever wonder how an exorcist masters the abilities to battle devil children spinning their heads, projectile vomiting green puke, and scurrying across the wall like a spider? It turns out the answer might...

We checked out the Trump rally in Janesville and it was a shit show

Tea Krulos
March 31, 2016
//Photos by Wendy Schreier, captions by Tea KrulosPresidential candidates were running every which way through the state on Tuesday: Sanders was at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, Clinton was cruisi...

We went to Anime Milwaukee 2016 and this is what we saw

Tea Krulos
March 15, 2016
//Photos by Wendy Schreier, captions by Tea KrulosAnime MKE (AMKE, pronounced am-key, for short) returned for its ninth year the weekend of March 11-13. Started as a small event at UW-Milwaukee, the ...

Dalek Asylum Milwaukee assembles record-exterminating army of ‘Doctor Who’ villains

Tea Krulos
February 2, 2016
//The long-running British sci-fi show Doctor Who has long captured audience imaginations with the adventures of an alien Time Lord known only as "The Doctor." Part of the show's longevity is held by the c...

Last Octopus standing: Milwaukee keeps car wash chain from extinction

Tea Krulos
December 18, 2015
//Earlier this week, the Internet was full of dismay when pictures began to circulate of the Octopus Car Wash’s totally adorbs mascot, Ozzie the Octopus, being dismantled from his perch high above the stre...

4 Milwaukeeans who recently scored bit parts on popular TV shows

Tea Krulos
December 9, 2015
//Although some actors skyrocket to stardom, most follow a long, winding path of paying dues. It usually starts by finding work as a background actor (a more professional sounding term for an “extra”) and ...

We went to Scott Walker’s presidential announcement and this is what we saw

Tea Krulos
July 14, 2015
Photos by Wendy Schreier, captions by Tea KrulosThe Waukesha County Fair opens its gates tomorrow, and similar to how the Stones warmed up the Summerfest grounds, Scott Walker—now an official 2016 preside...

Bloch-buster: Milwaukee’s connection to Psycho, H.P. Lovecraft, and Robert Bloch

Tea Krulos
May 6, 2015
One enduring horror character that refuses to die is Norman Bates, former star of Psycho (as well as various sequels and remakes), and current star of reboot prequel show Bates Motel (which has a series finale ...

Messed up: The short, troubled history of Space Heater

Tea Krulos
February 10, 2015
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince LombardiDecember 7 Packers win over Atlanta Falcons, 43-37. Temperature: 34° Linneman’s Riverwest Inn is packed with approximately...
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