| Every fourth page is a full-color figurative painting, each one by an excellent artist.
The other three pages have fiction on them, with only one color but lots of words, including punched, pants, and Puerto - that's actually just the first page. After that there are stories exploring animal-plant romances, psycho librarians, and passive-aggressive ventriloquism. No fewere than two dictators appear as protagonists.
And after all that, loosely glued to the inside back cover, there's a 50-page booklet containing a harrowing excerpt from Chris Adrian's THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, which will be out from McSweeney's Books in October.
A handsome, handsome issue, brimming with fulfilling things. |
