1987: The Year in Bedlam
In the 1980s movie-verse 1987 was something of an anomaly, being an authentically good year for film
A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS
The first and very likely best history of underground “comix” in America
THE MOVIE ORGY
The first “feature film” by Joe Dante was this mind-roasting four and a half hour found footage collage that was without precedent in 1968, and remains an eye-opener
EXPLORING DARK FICTION #1: A PRIMER TO STEVE RASNIC TEM
This is the first in a series of “Exploring Dark Fiction” primers edited by Eric J. Guignard
THAT WHICH GROWS WILD
This is the debut anthology of Eric J. Guignard, a prolific editor and author, and it’s a beauty
COMICS UNDERGROUND JAPAN
COMICS UNDERGROUND JAPAN contains fourteen manga pieces, all of which, as the title proclaims, hail from the Japanese underground
THE SECOND HALF OF THE DOUBLE FEATURE
This posthumous collection of short fiction and essays by the late Charles Willeford is far from the great man’s best work
Looking Back on Some Bad Influences
Here you’ll find a slew of wild, goofy, unpredictable and absolutely first rate reading.
OPEN GRAVE
Another fine volume of old school horror stories by Jeani Rector, following her terrific debut collection AFTER DARK (2006).
NULL IMMORTALIS
As a summation of all things Nemonymous I’m unsure how this volume rates (not having read the first seven installments), but as an example of the ineffable strangeness that defines these books it’s first rate.