Today is Numbers of the bEast, a lovely blog-o-sphere tribute honoring/roasting/ultimately celebrating the King in Yellow himself, Joesph S. Pulver, Sr.
Joe is one of my favorite writers, editors, and people all around. A bridge between the symbolist, beat, and weird movements, Joe wields words on the page like Jackson Pollock and I can’t think of anyone else writing right now that utilizes space akin to Mallarmé and Apollinaire. How does he do it? I think it’s all in the mustache, whose magical wonders I tried to unleash in this Cindy Sherman-esque tribute. I’m not really sure it works, after editing these portraits, I tried my hand at the Selectric II and all that kept coming out was:
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Thanks to Mike Griffin and John Langan for asking me to play and help celebrate xPULVER!
Love ya, Joe!
EDIT:
After the fact, I figured no one wants to go backwards for the individual images, so I have included them below for the bEast’s (and the viewer’s) convenience.
Also, be sure to check up the round-up from Mike Griffin of all the Numbers of the bEast, and Joe’s lovely thank you note here.
xPortrait of the bEast #1:

xPortrait of the bEast #2:

xPortrait of the bEast #3:

xPortrait of the bEast #4:

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