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Cremain Printing
Status: True
Two weeks ago a lot of people were linking to a story about books bound in human skin that can be found in many libraries, including the rare book libraries at Brown and Harvard. This is, apparently, quite true. Often the books are old medical works, with the skin coming from patients or paupers whose bodies were bought for research. The most gruesome book, owned by the Boston Athenaeum, is an 1837 copy of the memoirs of the highwayman George Walton, bound in his own skin.Following on in this vein, Paul Collins has noted that Mark Gruenwald, a writer for Marvel Comics, had his cremated ashes mixed into the printing of a comic book, Squadron Supreme. This is absolutely true. A copy of this "cremain printing" is currently for sale on eBay. The seller notes: "The book is in good shape with a ding on the upper, left corner from falling off a table. I hate to part with Mark, but I'm real tired of telling him to get his ash off the table."
The only other way I can think of to incorporate a human body into a book would be to write it in blood, which I'm sure someone has done. Though maybe I'm not being imaginative enough. Perhaps one could make a book's spine out of human bone, the paper from hair and nails... the possibilities are endless.
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Categories: Death, Literature/Language Posted by Alex on Tue Jan 24, 2006 |
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Gag
Posted by Zsa Zsa in St. Louis on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 06:42 PM
Probably the most famous use of blood in a book would be the infamous Kiss comic book (here's the Snopes link.)
Also, performance artist Istvan Kantor has done several "blood paintings" (bringing a new meaning to the phrase "mixed media").
Posted by Andy in Brooklyn on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 06:44 PM
Also, performance artist Istvan Kantor has done several "blood paintings" (bringing a new meaning to the phrase "mixed media").
I want my ashes mixed in platinum....then turned into a statue.....
Posted by X in McKinney, TX on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 06:45 PM
Werent grimmoires supposed to be bound in human skin? As like, books from hell? Or even Agrippas for that matter...
Posted by Lady Hedoniste in Chilling with 14 other tiny people in your head. on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 07:03 PM
Thanks Andy
I thought it was Kiss, I wasn't sure
I remember when that thing came out
almost wish I'd bought a copy, but then
I'm not into Kiss.
Posted by Sharruma in capable of finishing a coherent on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 08:07 PM
I thought it was Kiss, I wasn't sure
I remember when that thing came out
almost wish I'd bought a copy, but then
I'm not into Kiss.
I'm going to write a book in blood! A long book! Well, maybe that's not such a great idea. Oh well.
Posted by Dracul on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 08:19 PM
Anthropodermic is the word for these kinds of books.
Posted by Citizen Premier in spite of public outcry on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 08:52 PM
You see, the MOTHERS could use this as another Mothers Against thing. MOTHERS AGAINST EVIL COMIC BOOKS.
Posted by Lady Hedoniste in Chilling with 14 other tiny people in your head. on Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 09:52 PM
Damn, Andy beat me to the KISS anecdote. By the way, I actually knew Ace Frehley (whose real first name is Paul) when I was grew up in the Bronx. He lived in an apartment building that a few other friends of mine happened to live in too. In a neighborhood filled with eccentrics of all stripes, he still managed to stand out as an oddball. Quite an achievement.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 05:06 AM
In Amsterdam in the 1700
Posted by Beasjt on Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 05:34 AM
found a url:
http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/nl/huizen/amstel216.html
On the bottom of the page the drawings can be seen.
The adress of the house is Amstel 216 (near the new townhall)
Posted by Beasjt on Wed Jan 25, 2006 at 05:44 AM
http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/nl/huizen/amstel216.html
On the bottom of the page the drawings can be seen.
The adress of the house is Amstel 216 (near the new townhall)
what
about
the
NECRONOMICAN?
It kicks Ash
Posted by Craig on Thu Jan 26, 2006 at 07:48 AM
about
the
NECRONOMICAN?
It kicks Ash
I think I speak for a few people when I say, What is the Necronomican?
Posted by Lady Hedoniste in Chilling with 14 other tiny people in your head. on Thu Jan 26, 2006 at 01:04 PM
the necronomicon (im pretty sure thats the right spelling) was the book of the dead that appeared alot in hp lovecrafts stories. and yeap it was key plot point in evil dead and was bound in human flesh... however...
it doesnt exist
hp lovecraft made it up, he says so many times, infact hp lovecraft was a committed atheist, and worked with harry houdini to write a book called "the cancer of superstition"
(it was never published
Posted by joeodd on Sun Jan 29, 2006 at 04:13 AM
it doesnt exist
hp lovecraft made it up, he says so many times, infact hp lovecraft was a committed atheist, and worked with harry houdini to write a book called "the cancer of superstition"
(it was never published
According to Jack the Ripper, it's diffcult to write in human blood cos after a while it goes gooey and sticky. Mind you, I believe there are chemicals nowadays to keep blood runny enough to write with.
Posted by Nona in London on Thu Feb 22, 2007 at 08:07 AM
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