Englishman in the Mails
As a creator of "mail art" (
you can see some of my stuff here), I immediately dived upon the book pictured to the right. It tells the life story of W. R. Bray, who invented the concept of messing with the mails, even going so far as to mail a live dog and himself! It's full of Grade-A weirdness, and beautifully illustrated.
Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
Can you mail me the English Orbitz gum girl Paul ??
Posted by ANON in Nowhere on 09/12/10 at 03:53 PM
fabulous!
paul you are a fascinating and tallented man, i am honored to be aquainted with you here on wu.
Posted by patty in Ohio, USA on 09/12/10 at 11:19 PM
Patty--thanks for the love! You and the other WU-vies are the heart of this den of iniquity and fun.
Posted by Paul on 09/13/10 at 10:22 AM
Link for the book. It looks like script blocker plugins lock the link out. Either that or its a VBScript that Firefox doesn't like.
Posted by Freddie Freelance on 09/14/10 at 08:43 AM
And then there's the story of Waldo Jeffers and the faithless Marsha...
Velvet Underground - "The Gift"
Posted by Freddie Freelance on 09/14/10 at 08:56 AM
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Category: Outsider Art, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Postal Services