Bizarrism Vol 1.: The Revised and Expanded Edition Volume One

Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including:

· William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we've all been making a terrible mistake
· Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing
· Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of 'vout'
· William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley
· Rosaleen Norton, Australia's most notorious witch
· Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929
· Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs.

Chris Mikul is a Sydney-based writer and publisher of the long-running zine Bizarrism, which is devoted to all manner of real-life strangeness.

Bizarrism features numerous illustrations by the Australian artist Glenn Smith creator of many brilliant album covers and posters. Website here: weirdgalaxy.com/glenno_web/gallery.html

Bizarrism features numerous illustrations by the Australian artist Glenn Smith creator of many brilliant album covers and posters. Website here: weirdgalaxy.com/glenno_web/gallery.html