Author : Rebecca F. John
Publisher : Parthian
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,48 MB
Release : 2015
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9781910409671
A dazzling, ambitious debut collection from a young talent, these critically acclaimed stories dip into the shadows and spotlights of life. From the pale waking hours to the darkling places, Clown's Shoes introduces a cast of lost characters trying to find their way, and asking whether everyone really does come salting home in the end?
Author : Luke Stephenson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 1452169853
Step right up for the Greatest Book on Earth! For more than 70 years, Clowns International—the oldest established clowning organization—has been painting the faces of its members on eggs. Each one is a record of a clown's unique identity, preserving the unwritten rule that no clown should copy another's look. This mesmerizing volume collects more than 150 of these portraits, from 1946 to the modern day, accompanied by short personal histories of many of the clowns. Here are Tricky Nicky, Taffy, Bobo, Sammy Sunshine, the legendary Emmett Kelly, and Jolly Jack, clowning since 1977 and still performing today with a penguin puppet named Biscuit. A treasure just like the eggs it enshrines, The Clown Egg Register is an extraordinary archive of images and lives of the men and women behind the make-up.
Author : Daniel Alarcón
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 30,43 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0399184805
A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcón’s story City of Clowns. From the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father’s murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcón was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. This graphic novel, with its short punches of action and images, its stark contrasts between light and dark, truth and fiction, perfectly corresponds to the tone of Chino’s story. With the city of Lima as a character, and the bold visual language from the story, City of Clowns is moving, menacing, and brilliantly vivid.
Author : John Ledger Ledger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 2016-02-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781523845248
Featuring some top quality up and coming authors, and one or two well established favourites too, this is about as bizarre and strange an anthology as you might expect from a series of stories about clown horror! It never fails to horrify, amuse, and often even disturb the reader. From a virus that turns people into clowns, to a clownpocalypse that leaves humanity fighting to survive to tales of clowns who are just eager to get revenge for one ill conceived wrong or another, all of the stories included in this collection have something different to bring to the table and something different to offer.
Author : Henry Miller
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 10,36 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811205566
Henry Miller called The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder his "most singular story."
Author : Chuck Sambuchino
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,37 MB
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1607747049
THEY’RE COMING FOR YOU Coulrophobia--the fear of clowns--is very real and for good reason. You might think these red-nosed jokers are creepy, sure, but certainly not dangerous. You’d be wrong. Clowns never reveal their real names, and dress to obscure their identities. The rules of civilized society don't apply to them (what other stranger could offer candy to children and get away with it?), they have countless places to hide weapons on their person, and their appearance is downright unnatural. Clowns are the scariest people on earth, and the truth is, they are coming for your valuables, your children, and your sanity. In this comprehensive guide to self-protection from clown creepery, petty crime, and violence, Chuck Sambuchino--founder of the anti-clown group Red Nose Alert--delves into the terrifying clown underworld to provide the knowledge you need to know to protect yourself from these seemingly innocuous gagmen, using his proven four-step system: ASSESS, ANALYZE, DEFEND, PROTECT. Included within are instructions on how to defeat a clown in close combat, tips for spotting the plainclothes clown, and tutorials for fully clown-proofing your home against these painted and bewigged warriors. Most importantly, you’ll learn what to do when clowns attack… because it’s only a matter of time before they do.
Author : Essential Works
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,22 MB
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780740757358
"So view, and get over it." And so begins the lighthearted attempt of Scary Clowns to relieve coulrophobes of their fear of "grotesquely made-up men wearing overly large trousers, huge shoes, and a red nose." This fear may seem as amusing as the characters that inspire it, but numerous support groups and hundreds of Web sites are dedicated to coulrophobia. Horror movies featuring killer clowns, as well as notorious clown/serial killer John Wayne Gacy, have only fed the fear. Over 80 full-color photographs-from the surreal to the grotesque-populate Scary Clowns, bringing readers face to face with their worst nightmares. A pop-up clown in the middle of the book forces the reader to confront his darkest fear in 3-D. It is all done in the name of good, clean fun, of course. Why are seemingly innocuous clowns so horrifying to so many people? The introduction in Scary Clowns attempts to demystify the strange phobia. By nature silent, a clown makes no noise or complaint as he falls over, throws things, plays with knives, walks on high wires, tumbles, turns, and collapses. Maybe it's the silence that makes him so scary.
Author : Vance Mellen
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2016-10-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781539759690
Creepy clowns are everywhere, sighted all over the world. They are watching YOUR children. Why?Put your best face on... The circus is coming to town!A creepy clown stares at a young boy from the woods next to his grade school. The boy tells his father. The father wants to get to the bottom of it. Who are they? What do they want? Questions he never should have asked... The answers are here. This is the terrifying story of a desperate father, a simple medicated "beauty lotion," a secret clinical study at a big Pharmaceutical company north of Chicago, and how SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS changed MY life forever. Nothing will be the same again, for me OR for you. Creepy Clowns: Who are they? What do they want? The answer is as clear as the big red nose on your face.
Author : George Speaight
Publisher : Macmillan Publishing Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780026128407
This history of clowns is documented in this generously illustrated volume, tracing the evolution of clowns and clowning from the entertaining rituals of the American Indians to the worldwide clown costumes and clown routines of today
Author : Christopher Bayes
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781559365611
A must-have guide for actors both young and old.
