This is Jack Kerouac's concept art for the cover of his 1958 novel On The Road. Of course, it was never used.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Jack Kerouac's cover concept art for "On The Road:"
By Jack Brummet, 20th century lit. ed.
This is Jack Kerouac's concept art for the cover of his 1958 novel On The Road. Of course, it was never used.
This is Jack Kerouac's concept art for the cover of his 1958 novel On The Road. Of course, it was never used.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
The Hole Book by Peter Newell (don't worry, it's SFW)
By Jack Brummet, Poetry and Books Editor
While fiddling around with a gun, Tom Potts shoots a bullet that seems to be unstoppable.
A literal hole on each page shows the bullet’s trajectory as it rains destruction across a myriad of everyday scenes until it finally peters out, lodged in a cake.
Peter Newell was loved in the late 19th century/early 20th for his humorous drawings and poems. The Hole Book is strange, probably politically incorrect, and delightful.
Newell later wrote and drew popular children’s books, like Topsys and Turvys (which could be read either upside-down or right-side-up). A particularly bizarre book--The Slant Book--told the story, in a rhomboid-shaped book--of a baby carriage careening down a hill.
You can download a PDF, or Kindle, or other version here (free!) from archive.org (a national/world treasure) for free: http://archive.org/details/holebook00newe
While fiddling around with a gun, Tom Potts shoots a bullet that seems to be unstoppable.
A literal hole on each page shows the bullet’s trajectory as it rains destruction across a myriad of everyday scenes until it finally peters out, lodged in a cake.
Peter Newell was loved in the late 19th century/early 20th for his humorous drawings and poems. The Hole Book is strange, probably politically incorrect, and delightful.
Newell later wrote and drew popular children’s books, like Topsys and Turvys (which could be read either upside-down or right-side-up). A particularly bizarre book--The Slant Book--told the story, in a rhomboid-shaped book--of a baby carriage careening down a hill.
You can download a PDF, or Kindle, or other version here (free!) from archive.org (a national/world treasure) for free: http://archive.org/details/holebook00newe
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Ren Cummins is giving it away!
By Jack Brummet, Language Arts Editor
Steampunk author Ren Cummins takes Crazy Eddy one step further. He's not practically giving it away, he IS giving it away. The first novel--Reaper's Return--in his Young Adult series Chronicles of Aesirium is available as a free download at the site below. It is available in various e-book formats from plain text to Kindle, Palm Reader, Nook, etc.
Steampunk author Ren Cummins takes Crazy Eddy one step further. He's not practically giving it away, he IS giving it away. The first novel--Reaper's Return--in his Young Adult series Chronicles of Aesirium is available as a free download at the site below. It is available in various e-book formats from plain text to Kindle, Palm Reader, Nook, etc.Naturally, he hopes this generous taste will drive you to actually buy the rest of the series.
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