March 7th, 2009 / 12:39 pm
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Alfred Jarry was Fucked Up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last Gasp, Inc., out of San Francisco, publishes all sorts of wonderful stuff. Thanks to my new Alfred Jarry obsession, I happened upon them.  Alfred Jarry: The Man with the Axe by Nigey Lennon is an illustrated biography (illustrations by Bill Griffith) of Jarry published by Last Gasp and it’s a great joy to read about the man who invented Pataphysics. Before I quote Lennon on pataphysics, here are some of Last Gasp’s titles and things: The Official Dealer McDope Dealer Game ( a board game) , Hi Fructose: Collected Edition: Under the Counter Culture, This is Greece by Miroslav Sasek, Everybody Into The Pool by Beth Lisick and tons of adult comics. I love Last Gasp!

Now for a lesson in pataphysics:

Pataphysics was born when the immense and rapacious belly, or horngut (cornegidouille) of Pa Ubu was transmuted by a  single stroke (patte a physique) into a pure and noble science.  This is why Pataphysics if often written ‘Pataphysics-the apostrophe serves to prevent a distressing pun (patte a physique, meaning to pat the belly) and also to indicate the magnitude of the  transformation from plus to minus, positive to negative, Ubu to ethernity.

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8 Comments

  1. Steven Trull

      Alfred Jarry was my great grandfather.

  2. Steven Trull

      Alfred Jarry was my great grandfather.

  3. pr

      Boggerlas is my mom.

  4. Matthew Simmons

      Dealer McDope is my dealer.

  5. Matthew Simmons

      Dealer McDope is my dealer.

  6. pr

      I’ll play with you if you come over.

  7. Nick

      pataphysics plays a role in Eric Kraft’s new book Flying.

  8. Nick

      pataphysics plays a role in Eric Kraft’s new book Flying.