Skagboys Skagboys Skagboys is a 2012 novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. It is a prequel to his 1993 novel "Trainspotting", and its 2002 sequel "Porno". It follows the earlier lives of characters Renton and Sick Boy as they first descend into heroin addiction. When Welsh described the novel he said: "I think I’m going to call it Skag Boys: “skag” is my favourite word for heroin. It's set before they’re into heroin and investigates how the main characters become junkies, the family dynamics, the anxieties of young men. A lot of the fringe characters become more prominent". "I had a
Franchise Prequel Franchise Prequel "Franchise Prequel" is the fourth episode in the twenty-first season of the American animated television series "South Park". The 281st overall episode of the series, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 11, 2017. This episode parodies the spread of fake news through sites such as Facebook while also serving as a lead-in to the launch of the video game "". Eric Cartman and his classmates are planning to launch a superhero franchise with an original Netflix series for their "Coon and Friends" alter egos, but are slandered by fake news stories on