SCRAPBOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH TP (MR) (11 Nov Release)

Dentist Robs Women of Teeth' -- 'Death Chair for Nice Old Man’ – ‘Mother Feeds Son Like Bird’The British newspaper clipping collection of egalitarian George Ives¸ collected between 1892 and 1949¸ ranged from murder and theories of crime to cricket scores. He was fascinated by the unusual¸ the gothic¸ the sexual¸ and the melodramatic. In this graphic novel¸ acclaimed cartoonist J. Webster Sharp shares some of the most bizarre stories from the archives of George Ives in silent comics form. With often shocking¸ visceral black and white artwork¸ the strangeness and eccentricity of the Edwardian era provides a backdrop for Sharp's own struggles with mental health. The Scrapbook of Life and Death is a fascinating¸ personal window into forgotten historical views of eccentric and socially transcendent and disturbing behaviors -- and their resonance in life today.Previously offered through other distributors.