Through the habitrails



Just received my copy of Through the habitrails by Jeff Nicholson. I first noticed his stuff in early nineties indie horror anthology Taboo (the one where Lost Girls did its first run, r.i.p.). Just one of those "How come I haven't seen this guy's stuff all over the place?"-moments. Then I remembered my taste is pretty weird. Anyways, I tracked down a collection published 1994 on an indie called Bad Habit, California (?) it plunked down in my mailbox yesterday and god damn, this is good.

To quote Artbomb.net:

The guy in THROUGH THE HABITRAILS has a job that involves getting taps installed in the back of his neck so his ghoulish bosses can drain him of his juice. His main boss is apparently a gigantic, fat little bastard of a hamster wearing a crown. The job gets so bad that he fashions a jar around his head so he can remain pickled in beer all the time. He has to live with his coworkers, professional politics intermingling inescapably with the personal. These coworkers are egomaniacs, sycophants, drug burnouts, or hollow shells of humans living in cages. He dates some of them anyway.

My point is, track down this man, Jeff Nicholson, make sure he gets his due, elevate him to celebrity status and saturate the market with the products of his imagination.

Really.

SPX 08



Came back yesterday from a fine weekend with Small Press Xpo at Serieteket in Stockholm.

Quick linkspread of personal highlights:

Ulli Lust
Nettinarttu
Nou nou hau
Optimal
Galago
Marko Turunen
Electrocomics
and
Kim Andersson

Take the time to click any of these links. You won't regret it.

Showed my stuff to people from Galago and Top Shelf. I can never make up my mind if I do more damage than good by actively pushing my material upon innocent publishers. Especially after two days of, ehum, immersion into underground culture.

Big thanks to Kalis and Mikko for putting me up + being great company.

Tor

Tor er ikke bare hyggelig og dritflink til å lage tegneserier, han er også flink til å si bra ting i avisen.

Så deler av 90's Love song i fjor sommer og det jeg så gikk Ser du meg nå en høy gang. Og det er på ingen måte ment å rakke ned på den boka, for den var helt nydelig.

Jonathan gives us stories to play with

Jonathan Lethem has started something he calls the Promiscous Materials Project.

These stories are for filmmakers or dramatists to adapt. They’re available non-exclusively -- meaning other people may be working from the same material -- and the cost is a dollar apiece.

There’s a simple written agreement to sign, which imposes a couple of restrictions, and that's it -- once you've paid your dollar and signed the agreement, you're free to adapt or mutate the story as you please.

Open source philosophy applied to literature. Muy bueno!

I guess it's unnecessary to mention that he's a genius author too? If in doubt, check out Motherless Brooklyn.

Vintage anime



Mickey, the beast in the Revelations. Enjoy.

Have you got Have You Got It Yet? yet?

Fans of early Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett will be glad to know that internet group the Laughing Madcaps just released volume 1 and 2 of Syd Barrett compilation Have You Got It Yet. It's great, it's chock-full of mind-melting sonics, fractured lyrics and it's free. Including gems like the Peel session of Scream Thy Last Scream, unavailable anywhere else.

Go here to torrent.