The Editor-in-Chief was initially skeptical when I pitched this story but trusted I'd make something of it (or maybe he just liked the idea of Al Gore as a supervillian called "Master Recyglore"). It paid off because it got decent traction with mentions on several sites.

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It was originally published April 2008 in Geek Monthly Magazine #14 (p. 48), and distributed in retail bookstores across the US.