{"id":830,"date":"2020-08-03T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=830"},"modified":"2020-11-11T16:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:43:30","slug":"the-micturating-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/the-micturating-angel","title":{"rendered":"The Micturating Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Micturating Angel, Volumes 1-3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Xtian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seven years in the making, The Micturating Angel<\/em> is a sexy, funny, and surreal collage art-comic series, containing around 3000 collages in total, including 27 incarnations of the Secret Chiefs (mysterious Overseers of the Cosmos). The Naked Lunch<\/em> of comic books, every panel you see has been re-worked using hand-made collages. Unraveling the adventures and sanity levels of young girls against their captive, oppressive world, against crappy old men and their institutions, religious zealots, ignorance vs. science vs. freaks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Secret Chiefs 3rd Incarnation<\/em>, page 103 of The Micturating Angel Vol.1<\/em> by Xtian
16.6″x11.4″; handmade collage, black ink, and acrylic; 2015
Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source materials range from ’70s girls\u2019 comics to hardware catalogs, religious and medical imagery, alchemical and furniture assembly instructions, \u201cdirty\u201d comics, mangas and giallos, cannibalistic self-reabsorptions, the Necronomicon, engineer\u2019s manuals and mathematical formulas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playing with the conventions of comics to create striking visuals, adventures revealed through non-linear story-telling and complete nonsense dialogue, the scattings of a madman leading his visual orchestra, The Micturating Angel<\/em> is a unique comic that will never be completely understood by anyone, thus remaining an enduring mystery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molly’s 3rd Adventure<\/em>, page 44 of The Micturating Angel Vol.1<\/em> by Xtian
16.6″x11.4″; handmade collage, black ink, and acrylic; 2015
Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Look beyond the confusion, don’t worry about trying to make sense of it, and revel in this ever-shifting series of nightmares, laid out like the storyboard of a Hollywood blockbuster that will never be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text adapted from the editors’ press materials.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong>S
The Micturating Angel<\/em>
by Xtian
3 volumes
326 pages total, paperback
$13 per volume
Gadzooxtian Productions<\/a>, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purchase the books HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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