Atomic Scribblings from A Maniac Age (1 Viewer)

[cirerita]

well, I don't have a copy of this book, of course, but this is as close as we'll ever be to getting it.

And to think the editor got a few checks for the book and then burned the drawings!

Nice companion threads:
https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?t=2626
https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?t=2329
https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?t=1600

 

[mjp]

Eh, I wonder if he actually burned them or just abandoned the project and couldn't find everything (to return it) or just didn't want to be bothered.

If he had followed through with publication but didn't sell a lot of the copies, imagine what he could get for them now. ;)

"Hi, I'm Wayne. I have about 100 copies of this book that have been sitting in a box for 42 years...anyone want to buy one?" Ha ha.

 

[Father Luke]

That man audda be horse whipped.

 

[cirerita]

I finally found a dozen or so of the drawings B. sent to the editor. Apparently, they were not burned after all. Well, at least not all of them.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Damn, that's great stuff there.

Thanks, cirerita!

 

[Father Luke]

Drill !
Drill !
Drill !

 

[Bukfan]

Interesting drawing! - A man on a cross...inside an elevator? Funny, that Buk would use a Christian symbol.
Thanks, cirerita!

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Well, most fundamentalists would probably take offense at Buk's use of the crucifixion myth, so it's not quite as surprising, knowing that he would offend a segment of the population that he probably had nothing but disdain for to begin with.

 

[Bukfan]

If that was part of the purpose with using the crucifixion myth, then you're absolutely right!

 

[cirerita]

 

[Johannes]

Wow. Interesting. Thanks!

 

[1fsh2fsh]

Thanks much C. I just love seeing this stuff.

 

[roni]

thanks cire!
always a big pleasure to see your rarities!

 

[Bukfan]

Ah, there's more drawings! I love seeing Buk's drawings. I've never seen those before. They're very funny.
Thanks, cirerita!

 

[Black Swan]

Great drawings cirerita.
Very spontaneous.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Old thread dredge, I know. I picked up a copy of A Tribute to Jim Lowell today, and nearly two years (June '67) after the announcement of Atomic Scribblings, the book is attributed to Buk as one of his publications.