MISSING MYSTERIES. Derek Pell
THE UNKNOWN ADJECTIVE AND OTHER STORIES. Doug Skinner
Tag: art
Think Pink! — Pink Buddha Has Landed!
In 2009, artist Terri Lloyd’s iconic Pink Buddha landed at Ground Zero, i.e., the L.A. art scene, and has been making absurdist mischief ever since. One never knows in what form the imperturbable PB will materialize. It has been sighted in guerrilla theater performances, on YouTube, Facebook, in small press art-lit mags, in commie porn chapbooks, posters, paintings, and other subterranean venues. Now, finally, Black Scat Books proudly presents a deluxe collection – a full color trade paperback edition – devoted to Pink Buddha’s inspirational (and educational!) mantras.
WHEN I GROW UP is destined to win the hearts and minds of art connoisseurs and rabid consumers the world over.
WHEN I GROW UP AND OTHER MANTRAS
by Terri Lloyd
74 pages; full color, large format (8.5 x 11 inches) collector’s edition. $24.95
ISBN: 978-0692633915
This title is out of print.
Important Notice from the Publisher
BLACK SCAT REVIEW #14 — The “Pure Lust” Issue — was originally released on March 9, 2016 and was available for sale in the United States and Europe on Amazon. That is, until March 25 when – without warning or explanation – the printer, Createspace (owned by Amazon), blocked sales of the issue and listed it as “suppressed.”
On Amazon’s sales page the “buy now” button was removed and the issue listed as “Out of Print—Limited Availability.” Adding to the absurdity, a preview of the suppressed issue’s contents remained visible via Amazon’s “Look inside” feature.
Despite repeated attempts by the publisher to ascertain the reason behind this unwarranted act of censorship, Createspace has not responded. Customers who attempted to purchase the issue complained to Amazon directly, yet received no satisfactory response. One customer who managed to order a copy before the purchase button was removed was informed by a sales representative: “…I am personally following this issue. Once we get more information, I’ll write back and let you know… In an effort to compensate for this delay, I’ve upgraded the shipping method for this order to One-day shipping, at no extra charge.”
It is still not clear if the magazine will, in fact, ever be shipped.
Today, using an alternative printer (MagCloud), we’re releasing the complete and unexpurgated issue. Only modifications to formatting and the cover’s color have been made. The ISBN & barcode for the original release have been removed.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BUY A PRINT OR DIGITAL EDITION and find out what they didn’t want you to see.
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In the wings for Spring…
Good Scat is coming your way…
On April Fools, discover an inspirational coffee table art book guaranteed to make your head spin. WHEN I GROW UP and Other Mantras features full color posters by L.A. artist Terri Lloyd — offering satirical guidance for these troubled times. Lloyd’s iconic “Pink Buddha” arrives on this planet just in time for our salvation. Miss it at your own risk.
In this new collection of short stories by the author of THE DOUG SKINNER DOSSIER, you’ll discover a world of ostensibly human specimens behaving in peculiar and unpredictable ways. However, they are often recognizable in a manner we dare not admit. Skinner’s dark humor is deceptively playful and childlike, and that makes our bursts of laughter all the more disturbing. These “funny” tales are guaranteed to disconcert and astonish. SLEEPYTIME CEMETERY: 40 Stories will be available April 11th.
The Game is Afoot!
“Pell’s satire doesn’t lack for sharp edges. His twisted humor is sure to appeal to crime-fiction lovers.” —THE RAP SHEET
Black Scat proudly presents Derek Pell’s MISSING MYSTERIES — the most baffling and hilarious reference book ever published. This special collector’s edition features a complete history of nonexistent mysteries (1840 – 2015) in one deluxe, large format paperback.
Packed with pulp, crimes, dicks, dames, thugs, puns, gumshoes and stoolies. Loaded with laughs, maps, gaffs, noir, conundrums, puzzles & quizzes. 196 pages crammed with over 100 full-color cover reproductions, plus startling excerpts, scathing reviews, outlandish blurbs and mysterious synopses.
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In the words of Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block: “Derek Pell is quite mad, in rather a brilliant way.”
Novelist Robert Coover has called Pell “…a wordplay master and a parodist of great wit and cunning,” and MISSING MYSTERIES offers further evidence.
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A Blessed Event!
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Black Scat proudly presents DIVA R.E.M. — a special series of seven, two-sided posters. This glorious addition to our Black Scat Broadside series features full color photographs, art and text on front and back. Each poster is 12″ x 18″ and printed on prime 80# UV-coated, acid-free stock.
Born with original sin and a fascination with religious ritual and imagery, artist Farewell Debut uses her spiritual angst and sexual anxiety as raw material. DIVA R.E.M. is a paper opera of sorts—the tale of Diva (played by a damaged ballerina ornament) who falls in love with heaven (a hellish lover, played by a dead insect and a shard of unidentified plastic). Fauré’s Requiem in D minor was the inspiration for this work and is a suitable soundtrack for a darkly humorous visual requiem.
Available individually for $10 at the links below. To order the entire series of 7 at a divine discount, email us for details: blackscat (at) outlook (dot) com
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DIVA R.E.M. I. INTROIT
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DIVA R.E.M. II. OFFERTORIUM
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DIVA R.E.M. III. SANTUS
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DIVA R.E.M. IV. PIE JESU
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DIVA R.E.M. V. ANGUS DEI
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DIVA R.E.M. VI. LIBERA ME
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DIVA R.E.M. VII. PARADISUM
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Black Scat Broadside series IS OUT OF PRINT. . Each poster was printed in full color on luscious 80# UV-coated, acid-free stock. 12″ x 18.”
Fans of Scat can declare their allegiance with this lovely commemorative edition.
Artist Terri Lloyd offers daily inspiration from her new “When I Grow Up,,,” series
“Gaslamp” is an amusing tale set in San Diego by Norman Conquest (with an illustration by Carla M. Wilson) makes a nice addition the the sun room.
Fact and Fiction Meet Head-on….
…in this extraordinary work of innovative fiction.
Over three years in the making, Black Scat Books is proud to present IMPOSSIBLE CONVERSATIONS—featuring imagined interviews with Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georgia O’Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dalí, Leonora Carrington, Madge Gill, Balthus, Béla Lugosi, Agatha Christie and—yes—even Anonymous.
Carla M. Wilson cleverly penetrates the facade of celebrity and brings us closer to the human being behind the brand. This quirky, witty, innovative collection mixes fact and fiction. It will amuse, educate, demystify, and delight.
“In Impossible Conversations Carla Wilson performs with great aplomb the impossibly perilous feat of the imagined interview. She has selected some of the most difficult interview subjects possible (artists!), and imagines how meetings between an interviewer who has done her research and really wants to engage these oddballs in conversation might play out. The results are delightful, perhaps even more for the agonies the interviewer has to endure than for the eccentricities of the artists themselves. Pity the poor interviewer, especially since the voices in this book are so well heard that one can actually imagine these troublesome characters to be in the room, making life for the interviewer uncomfortably difficult. What a sublime achievement!” —Eckhard Gerdes
“By way of Wilson’s splendid imagination, curious encounters guaranteed.” —Edith Doove
IMPOSSIBLE CONVERSATIONS:
Imaginary Interviews with World-famous Artists
by Carla M. Wilson
Trade paperback, 220 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0692440704
$14.95
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OR click here to order direct from our printer
And let the conversation begin!
Join the Fight!
The GOP is up to its old tricks again and Black Scat is striking back with this full color poster by artist Norman Conquest.
WOW (2015)
Black Scat Broadside – Number Three
printed on prime 80# UV-coated, acid-free stock. 12″ x 18.”
OUT OF PRINT
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Kiss that Gideon goodbye!
Holy cow!—it’s the gospel according to Doug Skinner—featuring articles, short stories, verses, columns, literary essays, alphabets, metrical translations, monologues, talks, cartoons, rounds, lipogrammatic smut, a puppet show, a ventriloquism routine, and a one-act play!
THE DOUG SKINNER DOSSIER is destined to be in every motel room across the land. This divine illustrated edition features over 240 pages of wit, wisdom, and profundity. It fairly overflows with inspirational black humor and some rather dangerous (albeit gloomy) ideas that might not be suitable for nuclear family get-togethers. But — swear to god — it’s a hell of a good book!
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