The Alien Boy EP cover art featured on the back of the Sub Pop version of Is This Real?

was not the original; instead, Sub Pop used the cover art of the German version of the Alien Boy EP, released in 1987 on the label Weird System, a special limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies on green vinyl.

Sage noted, "Jim Jim's conversations with me and his powerful sense of vision painted uncanny, powerful visions in my head that became a huge influence for a few songs that were later recorded for the Is This Real?

Chasse died after being arrested by police officers in Portland, Oregon in September 2006.

[citation needed] He is the subject of the documentary film Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse.