avatars of slack April 1, 2007

A Celebration of the Very Latest in Publications from
The Church of the SubGenius
and its Ministers

F E A T U R I N G :
a Gallery of SubGenius "StuporStars!"
Master of Ceremonies DR. Hal
Rev. Ipsissimus JOHN SHIRLEY
KPFA's PUZZLING EVIDENCE
M'Church Pillar Doktor PHILO DRUMMOND"
Connie's" Vivacious Vestal SADIE LUNE a.k.a. STIGMATA HARI
Mudder Superior KAOSMIK "BOB"KAT
"LIES," SubG's Most Sinister Minister
The Very Retarded MICHAEL PEPPE
Rev. PHINEAS NARCO of KFJC (89.7) FM's Midnight Voicejail
BISHOP JOEY of the First Church of the Last Laugh
AND "BOB" KNOWS HOW MANY OTHERS...

This St. Stupid's Day, after the Parade is over and done with, after the hollering and hosannas and God-damned foolishness, get your "second wind," re-assemble your afflicted powers, and head on down to S.F.'s famed Beatnik Shrine, City Lights Booksellers. There you will be given a new start, a fresh outlook, a raison d'être, in short, a never-to-be-equaled opportunity to
MEET & GREET "BOB'S" OWN "SALES TEAM"
IN THE FLESH
--as they shamelessly promote and sign copies of the brand new SubGenius Book,

The SubGenius Psychlopaedia of Slack, Vol. 1:
The Bobliographon
Liturgies and Gospels of the Church of the SubGenius-- the Perfect Self-Validating Philosophy
by Sacred Scribe Rev. Ivan Stang & Divers Hands
published by Thunder's Mouth Press

-- A SIGNED COPY COULD BE YOUR SALVATION, COME X-DAY!

and our latest Glorious Reprint,
Revelation X: The 'Bob'Apocryphon
The Descended New Testicle of the Charismatic SubGenius Faith
by Stang & the Old Doktors
also published by Thunder's Mouth Press, an Imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, Inc.

POSSIBLY EVEN THE ORIGINAL BOOK OF THE SUBGENIUS
although this isn't clear. But , what the Hell, bring in YOUR PERSONAL, BELOVED, BATTERED, STICKY-PAGED DOG-EARED COPY
...AND WE'LL SIGN IT!
EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING ITS VALUE
AND, PILGRIM, THAT'S NOT ALL! We'll also be celebrating the release of HAL ROBINS'S BOOKS,
Dinosaur Alphabet
published by North Atlantic Books/Frog, Ltd.

AND THE ESSENTIAL COMPANION VOLUME, FROM THE SAME PUBLISHER
The Meaning of Lost and Mismatched Socks among other essential works.

LIVE PERFORMANCES! REFRESHMENTS-- DELICIOUS RASPBERRY BEER, ITALIAN SPARKLING WATER (for those with less than half a liver) --HEALINGS!
SICKENINGS! LAYING ON OF HANDS! IF YOU'VE WANTED THESE BOOKS, THIS IS THE PLACE AND TIME TO GET 'EM-- SIGNED! AN OUTSTANDING VALUE!

HOW DID THIS COME TO BE? Know that you were born with Original Slack. But the Conspiracy, of whose overarching existence you are but vaguely aware, eternally seeks to steal this, the Precious Gift of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs from you, and sell you, in its place a Worthless Mess of the Pottage of False Slack. The Conspiracy doesn't want you to have True Slack. Oh, no-- the Conspiracy wants you to work for a living. But we say:

REPENT! QUIT YOUR JOB! SLACK OFF!

SOUND COMPLICATED? IT IS! So come to CITY LIGHTS APRIL 1st-- and meet the SubGeniuses. Ask, and it shall be answered. View, fondle and buy the newly released SubGenius Books, and others by 'Bob's' devotees. Experience the terrifying confusion of SubGenius Live Performance(s). You'll laugh. Later, you may cry. Pull the wool over your own eyes! This is an ultra-rare opportunity to learn in one swell foop some of the Deeper Things of 'Bob.' Remember...
The World Ends Tomorrow, and YOU May DIE! Don't say you weren't warned! For more information contact City Lights, 'a literary meeting-place since 1953,' at (415) 362-8193

Look for the 3"Doggie Diner" Heads!
PROBABLY PARKED RIGHT OUTSIDE
(COURTESY OF SEBASTIAN MELMOTH)