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The theme deals with adverse situations that arose in Los Angeles after the severe earthquake in June 1994. Each contributor to the anthology provided two prints based upon drawings, texts, and collages. Annie Marie Karlsen contibuted a series of distorted portraits of O.J. Simpson with satirical captions dealing with his murder trial of Nicole, in what some have called the "Murder Trial Of the Century." Matthew Thomasen employed imagery and texts dealing with the earthquake in biblical te -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cover and three cartoons by R. Crumb. Frontispiece drawing by Jeff Nuttall. Includes three photocollages by d.a. levy. Stored in Blazek box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cover and three cartoons by R. Crumb. Frontispiece drawing was done by Jeff Nuttall. Includes three photocollages by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Reinhold Aman is the editor, publisher and chief writer of Maledicta. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Reinhold Aman is the editor, publisher and chief writer of Maledicta. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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John Keys was an American who emigrated to England in the 1960's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...

Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...

Scope and Contents The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a newsroom full of Underwoods to the more muted...