Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 104 pages
- Published by: Eraserhead Press February 23, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0972959823
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0972959827
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Book Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
- Weighs: 4.8 ounces
Product Description
Step into a dark and ridiculous where human beings are slaves to corporations, people are photocopied instead of born, and the baby jesus is a very popular anal probe.
From the Inside Flap
"Reading Carlton Mellick III's BABY JESUS BUTT PLUG is like hopping into an LSD-filled time machine with David Cronenberg, William Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, and George Romero at the controls. This tale of office drones and disposable clones is a splatterpunk odyssey, a cautionary tale of corporate omnipotence, and a possible blueprint of the future of the nuclear family. Touching, poignant, horrorific, nightmarish, and gorgeous all at the same time, BABY JESUS BUTT PLUG is the work of an uncompromising visionary who lances the boil of his seething imagination with the tip of his pen . . ." -- TRENT HAAGA, star of Terror Firmer, Troma's Edge TV, and co-writer of Citizen Toxie
Reader ReviewsMy first exposure to Carlton Mellick III was 'Ocean Of Lard', a hilarious "make your own story" book that had me weeping with laughter and barfing from playful grotesqueries. I had to read more from this author. 'The Baby Jesus B*tt Plug' uses another form of parody: A children's book for adults only. When you pick it up, make sure to read the Author's Notes at the beginning. Adopting cute little Baby-Jesuses as pets, sickos who use their pets as b*tt toys, wolf spiders, pointless jobs, clones, zombies, and music boxes, this is one bizarro story. A nightmare fairy tale, complete with funny, childish illustrations by Mellick himself. The text is double spaced for easy reading ... easy enough for a child, and the font is large. The look of the book, overall, contributes to the bizarreness of the story. You must have a sense of humor to read this piece, and if you aren't already laughing by the first paragraph its probably not for you. Mellick has such a talent for wrapping up the most disgusting, vile tales and images into a crisp lining of hilarious comedy. With Mellick, the mask of comedy and tragedy would have the smiling half weeping in laughter and the frowning half vomiting in disgust. Carlton Mellick III is for all horror and gross-out aficionados who love to laugh. Enjoy!