The Scrapbook of Life and Death Launch Party With J. Webster Sharp

J. Webster Sharp’s meticulous and macabre line work infects Gosh! with the launch of the exclusive bookplate edition of her latest book from Avery Hill, The Scrap Book of Life and Death on Thursday 5th September, from 7-9pm here at Gosh! With drinks for all. Here’s how publishers Avery Hill describe the book:

'Dentist Robs Women of Teeth' – 'Death Chair for Nice Old Man’ – ‘Mother Feeds Son Like Bird’

The British newspaper clipping collection of egalitarian George Ives, collected between 1892 and 1949, ranged from murder and theories of crime to cricket scores. He was fascinated by the unusual, the gothic, the sexual, and the melodramatic.

In this graphic novel, acclaimed cartoonist J. Webster Sharp shares some of the most bizarre stories from the archives of George Ives in silent comics form. With often shocking, visceral black and white artwork, the strangeness and eccentricity of the Edwardian era provides a backdrop for Sharp's own struggles with mental health.

The Scrapbook of Life and Death is a fascinating, personal window into forgotten historical views of eccentric and socially transcendent and disturbing behaviors -- and their resonance in life today.

The Scrapbook of Life and Death launches on Thursday 5th September, from 7pm. If you’d like to pre-order a copy of J Webster Sharp’s exhilarating and uncanny tome with the Gosh! exclusive bookplate for mail order or collection then dare to click here.

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