Bizarrism: the revised and extended edition, vol 1
Title
Bizarrism: the revised and extended edition, vol 1
Subject
bizarre stuff!
Description
A unique insight into some of the strangest stories this world has to offer.
Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, and out of print for years, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including:
William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we’ve all been making a terrible mistake;
Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing;
Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of ‘vout’;
William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley;
Rosaleen Norton, Australia’s most notorious witch;
Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929;
Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs.
And many more...
In writing their stories, Mikul does not judge, but instead celebrates these characters for their fabulous weirdness. For him, they are the “beacons of shining if erratic brilliance in a world of sensible conformity”. The world would be a poorer place without them.
Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, and out of print for years, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including:
William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we’ve all been making a terrible mistake;
Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing;
Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of ‘vout’;
William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley;
Rosaleen Norton, Australia’s most notorious witch;
Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929;
Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs.
And many more...
In writing their stories, Mikul does not judge, but instead celebrates these characters for their fabulous weirdness. For him, they are the “beacons of shining if erratic brilliance in a world of sensible conformity”. The world would be a poorer place without them.
Creator
Chris Miku, Glenn Smith
Source
weird things that have happened lmao
Publisher
HeadPress Publishing
Date
2016
Format
207 pages
Language
English
Type
A collection of bizarre things!
Identifier
WCBK0126
Coverage
UK
Collection
Citation
Chris Miku, Glenn Smith, “Bizarrism: the revised and extended edition, vol 1,” WPB, accessed January 10, 2025, https://tpb.worm.org/items/show/12997.