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[labellementeuse]

In a random burst of creativity (or, actually, not, since they consist of quotes only) this afternoon, I made 12 icons from Archy's Life of Mehitabel by Don Marquis. This the sequel to Archy and Mehitabel, and they are books about the adventures of one Archy, a free verse poet whose soul was transmigrated into the body of a cockroach as punishment for, well, being a free verse poet. Mehitabel is the cat. She has Cleopatra's soul. These books are incredibly awesome and hardly anyone's heard of them: you should go look them up right now.

Teasers: 1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.



Rules as usual: credit is nice but not essential, commenting is even better. :)

Comments

[sasorion.livejournal.com]

taking two, four, and seven thanks. I remember reading an excerpt in English class and finding it so wonderfully unique...Must find the complete copies...

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Those are great! I remember them fondly. I took #9 and #11, I will credit when I use them. Thanks so much.

[miriamus.livejournal.com]

Current music: there she goes/racing through my brain

Is that the La's, or the cover by Sixpence None The Richer?


:P

[22by7.livejournal.com]

oh god, i love poems with cockroaches. it's a neat little micro(/nano?)genre.

taking #11 and #5 as i can't choose just yet.

Toujours gai

[ohdannyboi.livejournal.com]

I like the first one! took it. :P Just because it's French, and it has gai in it! (though I'm sure he was talking about "happy", right?)

the books sound good, I will have to read them one day!

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

These books intrigue me. Are they easy to find/cheap?

[headrush100.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! :-)) Snagging #12, thank you, and may be back for more. Will credit of course.

[shampooboo.livejournal.com]

number 11 is awesome. I am going to go out and find these books!

[rachiecakies.livejournal.com]

i have never heard of archy before... but i love the stuff you've been posting. thank you. :)

[misslucyjane]

These are fantastic, thank you :D.

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

I love archy and Mehitabel! I took #1, but they're all darling. Thank you so much.

[murasakimuse.livejournal.com]

I stole #12, just in case!

[biichan.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I love you. These are my favourite poems ever.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:D They really are brilliant. And usually quite easy to find, I just picked up archys life... for $6 in a second-hand bookshop...

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Sixpence none the richer. I know, I know. *guilty* But the Hub didn't have La's.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*grin* I hadn't realised the microgenre (I prefer micro, don't you?) existed. I feel now like I ought to go look up some more. :P

Re: Toujours gai

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess he probably was meaning happy (actually Mehitabel says it. She's the cat. :P) but... you know... it can be taken all sorts of ways, right? ;)

I really do recommend them. You get to read about cockroaches getting drunk and plotting to take over the world. :P

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I should think so; I actually didn't own any of them till yesterday, because I want to give one to a friend for her birthday, so I went second hand bookshopping and found archys life of mehitabel in the first one I walked into. And they're all paperbacks, it was only about $6 and definitely worth it (actually, I now feel like I can't give it away and have to go find another copy. :P)

So yeah: second hand bookshops are the best way to go, I would say.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*glee* Hooray! They're really worth it. Try second-hand bookshops and libraries. ;)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*grinning* heh, thank you.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:) thanks!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

XD Great!