There’s no government, but at least there’s still Art…
Pamper them with oils, swaddle them in the spoils of war. Watercolors, pastels, collage, découpage, gouache and the glory of riches. Feed their pointy little heads with the visions of well-heeled...
View ArticleThe Grand Madcap Edition of CAPTAIN CAP has Launched!
We’ve jumped the gun and released our mammoth deluxe trade paperback edition of Alphonse Allais’s CAPTAIN CAP: HIS ADVENTURES, HIS IDEAS, HIS DRINKS—translated by Doug Skinner. This is the complete...
View ArticlePlay Dough
From Italy with love comes Peppo Bianchessi‘s CONTEMPORARY ART FOR RICH KIDS—a richly illustrated activity book. It’s a whirlwind tour of contemporary art and lucre, designed for those born with...
View ArticleWords for Today via Alphonse Allais
Allais was going to Breuil with Gandillot, who had a trunk. Allais only had a shirt. “You can put it in my trunk,” says Gandillot. “What?” says Allais. “And I, do I ask you to put your trunk in my...
View ArticleThe Ten-Percent Solution
Get 10% off our huge, Cap-sized edition of Alphonse Allais‘s CAPTAIN CAP: HIS ADVENTURES, HIS IDEAS, HIS DRINKS. This is the complete and unabridged translation of the original 1902 French classic,...
View ArticleA Foetal Treat is Born!
In 2012, Opal Louis Nations gave new meaning to the word “definition” with The Complete Unabridged Lexicon—a classic reference of lexical eccentricity. Today, the distinguished author and artist gives...
View ArticleAre writers insane?
Only a few copies remain of this illuminating—albeit baffling—illustrated edition of Bacon’s text. If you’re considering a career as a writer (or have already taken the plunge), this book is a wake-up...
View ArticleIn the wings, some special things (fifth edition)…
The Derangement of Jules Torquemal by Robert Wexelblatt “The best thing would be for me to go away. Everyone says so: Geneviève, Emmanuelle, Dr. Strouville; no doubt the milkman, the President of the...
View ArticleBaffling Illuminations
Of the three modes of communicating their ideas that human beings possess, viz., speech, gesture, and creative writing, the last one has received the least notice. Indeed, the study of hand-writing...
View ArticleIn the wings, some special things (sixth edition)…
Black Scat’s Absurdist Texts & Documents series is divided into sets of six titles each. This year we’ll be closing out the fifth set with AN INCONVENIENT CORPSE by Jason E. Rolfe (#30) and...
View ArticleBack to the Future!
Part Oulipian exercise, these meticulous scrapings reveal the future in all its sublime absurdity. The author approached the horoscope in his morning newspaper as if it were a puzzle, like the...
View ArticleWhose Nonsense is It Anyway?
SCAT scan by Eckhard Gerdes This year, give the gift of brazen balderdash. Over 125 pages of utter nonsense by Jake Alexander, Alphonse Allais, Alain Arias-Misson, Mark Axelrod, Paulo Brito, Norman...
View ArticleRare Classic Back in Print!
“A badass work of concentrated hallucination.”—Nile Southern Just in time for the pataphysical New Year, a faux facsimile edition of Aventures dans la ‘pataphysique, which was originally published in...
View ArticleAlphonse Today! —Hip! Hip! Allais!
drawing by Doug Skinner Who was the hippest cat to ever hang his hat at Le Chat Noir in Paris? Alfred Jarry? Erik Satie? Apollinaire? No! Alphonse Allais, of course — the fellow who experimented with...
View ArticleAlphonse Rides Again!
On July 4, 2012, we published Alphonse Allais’s MASKS in a limited edition of 50 copies—the first title in our Absurdist Texts & Documents series. The chapbook quickly sold out and, today, is a...
View ArticleKiss that Gideon goodbye!
Holy cow!—it’s the gospel according to Doug Skinner—featuring articles, short stories, verses, columns, literary essays, alphabets, metrical translations, monologues, talks, cartoons, rounds,...
View ArticleGo off the beaten path this summer…
These hot new releases are ideal summer reading. Alain Arias-Misson‘s experimental novel COMIC BOOK subverts the comic book formula and turns it inside-out. Indeed, the sex & violence spins off...
View ArticleLast Minute Scatastic Gifts
Here’s our last-minute shoppers guide. There’s still time to order some sublime Scat before it’s too late. Here are our recommendations by category. Experimental fiction: COMIC BOOK: A NOVEL by Alain...
View ArticleThe Science of Sciences!
“A badass work of concentrated hallucination.”—Nile Southern Discover the perils of science in this bizarre classic of “imaginary solutions.” Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. This is a reprint...
View ArticleOulipian Wordplay & Ecstatic Constraints
Pucker up your lipograms, OULIPO PORNOBONGO has arrived. Our three, limited edition volumes of the Anthology of Erotic Wordplay are out of print and scarce. Now the complete set has been compiled...
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