Basil Wolverton's Bible

Basil Wolverton, comic book artist for Mad, made a series of illustrations for the Bible that were just published in book form. The above picture is not from the Bible, but the following are (but they're not in chronological order):

That sword is God's!

Basil Wolverton wrote for a some of the horror comic books that were eventually banned due to concerned parents and politicians and adults. This Basil Wolverton biography says that his genre of horror comics is called the "Spaghetti and Meatballs school of design:" his drawings were horrible/iffic, but, because of an always-present element of the absurd/comic, they were, like spaghetti and meatballs, non-threatening.
The Horrors of it All is a good blog that uploads old horror comics.

How To Clean Anything With Gasoline!

From the Huffington Post, a man decides to clean his house with gasoline and absent-mindedly tosses his cigarette onto a pile of gasoline-soaked cushions. Then, instead of calling 911, he yells "fire!" a couple of times and walks to the police department.

In related news, a Turkish reporter applies blackface in an address to Pres. Obama, apparently to symbolize how George W. Bush "'darkened' the faces" of the Turks: "the anchor hopes Obama will turn things around."



This is still a blog about books and booky things, but I think these stories belong in a story... maybe a picaresque novel??

Buzzfeed via Huffpo