Book with typographical gimmicks

jd wescac at gmail.com
Thu Sep 14 17:45:27 CDT 2006


Steven, I think it's different if the graphic is integral to the plot
/ at least if the author acts as though it is.  Pynchon didn't include
illustrations to GR, pretending that they were some important plot
point / literary device, so I think Zac's drawings don't really count.

On 9/14/06, Steven <mcquaryq at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Illustrations they were called back in the day...and even earlier
> 'illuminations'.
>
>  I'm assuming everyone here has seen the illustrations for GR, one for each
> page by a certain artist/porn star name of Zac?
>
>  http://themodernword.com/pynchon/zak_smith/title.htm
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2006, at 6:24 AM, bekah wrote:
>
>
> I like graphics in novels (although not graphic novels)   *if they're well
> done.*
>



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