Catalog No. 439: Burlesque Paraphernalia and Side Degree Specialties and Costumes

Charles Schneider

jul 2010 · Fantagraphics Books

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Do you wish to separate the jolly good fellows from the dour sour pusses from those who seek to ASCEND TO THEIR SIDE DEGREES―but you suffer from lack of imagination when it comes to constructing elaborate hazing rituals and DEVICES? Does fake vomit, joy buzzers and a party pack of fake moustaches only produce yawns, rather than giggles, among your once-merry members? Well, look no further than Catalog no. 439: Burlesque and Side degree Specialties: Paraphernalia and Costumes, in which the manufacturers De Moulin Bros. & Co. from Greenville, Ill. feature the finest electro-dropo benches, goat-shaped tricycles, electric branding irons (and much much more)!Not only does this 1930 catalog, reproduced with marvelous 21st century machinery, provide tightly rendered pen-and-ink period illustrations and detailed product descriptions, it also has helpful how-tos and scripts to aid in the pulling of these pranks on initiates!

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Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle. Charles Schneider obtained his first novelty catalog--A Johnson-Smith pamphlet ordered from a comic book--at the age of ten and never looked back. He is the editor of the influential CAD: A Handbook for Heels, appeared as the morbid comedian in the film Ghost World, and created the murderer's paintings for Art School Confidential. He lives in Culver City, CA.