Literary Matters Nonsensical

February 1, 2010 7:00 PM

nonsenselit.org is dedicated to literary matters nonsensical. There's a lot of Edward Lear, limericks, songs, nonsense botany, diaries, picture stories and much, much more. Did I mention there was more? Because there's also a section on the lesser known but quite great early 20th Century cartoonist Peter Newell, there's a lot of awesome but let me point you to The Hole Book and Topsys and Turvys. Nonsense in Early Comics features the brilliant Gustave Verbeek, the wonderful John Benson and Helen Stillwell. Don't forget to check out the gallery of over 600 nonsense-related images. Finally, the site proprietor, Marco Graziosi has a blog with various nonsense lit related posts.
posted by Kattullus (5 comments total)

OMG, what a bunch of nonsense awesome! I'll be spending some time here, thanks.
posted by marxchivist at 7:11 PM on February 1, 2010

Oh, one thing, that I forgot to mention. There are some jokes in there which are beyond the pale of modern sensibilities.
posted by Kattullus at 7:23 PM on February 1, 2010

how very cranberry
posted by The Whelk at 9:30 PM on February 1, 2010

Speaking of cranberries... one of the things linked from the blog is cartoonist Hunt Emerson's version of The Jumblies (1, 2)
posted by Kattullus at 11:32 PM on February 1, 2010

Very alchemic...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 2:40 PM on February 2, 2010