by Doc, DeansPlanet.Com staff writer

My name is Nigger What…I was born in 1918, and in 1930 I was with my dad. We were in the center of town. I was only 12 years old. My father tipped his hat to Miss Sally. Miss Sally came over and gave both of us hugs...This was in Savanna, Georgia. And then out of nowhere 6 white men rustled us out in to the fields and they started kicking my dad and then they started asking him a series of questions: " Nigger, what were you thinking?" "Nigger, what the hell were you doing to Miss Sally?" "Nigger, what are you going to do now?" <You got mail.> and with that they lynched my dad right in front of me…..I was only 12. They made me look and watch the whole thing. They made me see my poor daddy’s life leave his body. So then afterwards, after he expired, I shimmied up his body, grabbed his knife out of his pocket. I cut the rope and I held my father. We fell to the ground and I broke his fall. I started dragging my poor father home. I dragged my father home for five miles. I dragged him for five miles, his lifeless body, until help arrived. Once help arrived, they helped me drag him the rest of the way home. It was horrible. < laughter>…Five years later I ran in to the guy that put the noose around my father’s neck and I asked him: "Nigger, what are YOU going to do now?" I took my daddy’s pocket knife out of my pocket and I kilt that man dead, I kilt that white man dead…I had my revenge.

This was the story that today’s featured shrine inductee, Nigger What, told on the Howard Stern show on August 19th,2004. Weeks before I met Nigger What on the Howard Stern Bulletin Board where he first shared this story with the Stern fans. After a call to the show, Nigger What was invited to the studio. He had gotten his chance to tell his story to Howard and the millions listening. That day, fighting back the tears, his voice trembling, he told his story-- while Artie and Robin laughed and snickered. Robin, checking her email while he told his story, did not believe him. He was no DeNiro, she said. Howard said he believed him but was perplexed by his physical appearance. Is Nigger What wearing a mask? "Wait until you see this on the E! show." Howard told his listening audience, "You aren’t going to know what you are looking at." Unfortunately, that show never aired and Nigger What was never heard from again on the show. Weeks later, Howard had had enough of all the trouble on his Bulletin Board (It became infested with trolls) and he took the board down. He was done with it. But Nigger What was not done. Nigger What joined a few fans sites and continued to try and get his story out. It was on one of those boards that I asked Nigger What again for an interview and autograph for the shrine. (I had asked him a few times on Howard’s board) He emailed me, but not to make arrangements to send me an autograph like I thought. Instead he had a request for me. "I am making a comic book about my story. Will you write the introduction? " Wow! I felt very honored by his request but at the same time I was not sure if I was the right person for the job. Did I really know him well enough I thought? Like for Howard and the crew that morning, Nigger What was a mystery to me. It was a very challenging task but I embraced the project and a few days later I emailed Nigger What my submission. He emailed me back his phone number. "Call me." It was awkward when I first called and a woman answered. Ah….ah.., is Nigger What there? "Yes, just a minute. I will get him." I had to laugh when one of the first things he told me was that he was surprised by my voice -- he thought I would sound older. (People have been doubting Nigger What’s claim that he is 86 years old since the first days of the BB) He told me that he loved my introduction, that it was perfect, and honest and that he would definitely be adding it to his book. It was then that we arranged to do a phone interview. I asked Nigger What to email me some questions he would like me to ask him. I figured this might be a good way to find out just exactly what this mysterious man wanted to reveal. I jotted down a handful of my own questions and on Christmas Eve afternoon I gave him a call. We spoke for about 40 minutes. The result I think is a very revealing interview about the man, Nigger What, and his controversial appearance on the Stern show. At Nigger What’s request we conducted a second interview a week later, on New Year’s Eve.

Here are those conversations.

Part one:
In this clip, Nigger What talks about "The Mask", the joys of having sex with a 400 pound woman, his offer to kill himself in protest of the FCC, his comic book, how he would like to be remembered, gives a message to Howard and the show and talks about the possibility of Robin being his daughter.
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Part two:
White folk and their farm animals, masturbation, the lie that Gary Dellabatte told, a visit from the FBI, the real name of the prison, the biggest heists America has ever known, and why his E! show never aired.
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Part three:
Behind the scenes of the Howard Stern show, where is KC, depression, and the tragic death of his wife.
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Part four:
In this New Year’s Eve we learn the affects of alcohol. Nigger What unfolds his plans to send blacks back to Africa, gives his thoughts on Al Sharpton, reveals who the real first man on the moon really was, and talks about his bitches.
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Bonus clip...

Days Dark
The story of the life of Nigger What is a testament to pain and insanity
I met him on the Howard Stern Bulletin Board what seemed an eternity ago. He told me his story, but I instantly recognized the tremendous potential of his words and the full depth of the insanity of his life. I have always sought to depict horror in comics as something a little more than the usual flea bitten zombies and vampires that scare no one as they cannot suspend disbelief. Fun? Sure. Scary? No. Important? Couldn't be more trivial. For years I sought venues for my views on horror, thus my long association with Boneyard Press publisher, Hart Fisher (publisher of the Howard Stern vs. Rush Limbaugh parody) as well as the more traditional venue of famed publisher Joe (Cry For Dawn) Monks of Chanting Monks Studios. I worked hard with these gentlemen and was responsible for a number of highly respected books and stories. Then came Nigger What. The story of his life is the story of the insane concept of American racism and the extremes which form the core of its evil. This is horror at its most basic. Hideous enough to make your ass clench, too real to dismiss easily. Nigger What's witnessing of the lynching of his father and the brutality he experienced beyond that was not simply a tale of real horror, but an important story as well. The most important project in my comic art career. I knew immediately we would partner on the Nigger What comic, long before he appeared on the Howard Stern Show, and long before he knew as well. When our partnership was solidified and agreements made, I announced my participation to my own associates. My publishers drooled and begged to represent us. Those who've allied themselves with me congratulated me with amazement, and those who considered themselves my betters bashed me like jealous bitches. But this is Nigger What's tale, published under his logo. I am only the artist and a participant in promotional avenues available to me. The story of Nigger What is the story of pain we've all felt, in one way or another. Alienation. And the angst of being the focal point of the irrationality of shitheads whose numbers are legion. Amplified to the point of sheer lunacy. The honor of participation is mine and I present it to you in this statement. Make of it what you will.
James (Meanjames)
Helkowski Dark Lord of Mean Studios
http://www.meanstudios.com

Thank you MeanJames and thank you Nigger What. Although I feel like I know Nigger What better after doing this interview, how I ended that introduction I wrote for him months ago still says it best for me:

He remains a mystery to me and to everyone I ask about him. Is his story real? Is he real? I don’t know. What I do know is his message is one of peace, love, and racial harmony and that is something that I can believe in. The first thing I said to Nigger What all those many months and thousands of words ago, I say again here: Good luck and best wishes in getting out your story, my friend.

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I hope I have helped.

To learn more about Nigger What and to order your advanced copy of his comic book visit www.niggerwhat.com