Another liability in the saga of our too-busy creative lives has been Homer Was an Epic Poet, the most recent volume in the Idiots’Books series, which was released more than a month ago but was not posted to our site until late last week.
Here is sullen, brooding Homer in his beret, as illustrated by Robbi.
As you probably guessed, this book isn’t really about Homer. It’s about language and history and about how we wonder about the past, even when it won’t do a bit of good. Poor Homer gets some rough treatment in our book. Some liberties are taken with the facts of his life. He probably never went to a keg party, for example. He probably never rode on a surfboard.
But he gets some love as well. He gets some well-deserved props.
If you are interested and missed it the first time, here’s a post about the process of making Homer, which we bound by hand.
Those of you who have written asking how to get your hands on a copy may do so now. If you are a subscriber, don’t forget to enter your promo code for the subscriber discount. If you have forgotten your promo code, just write me an email.
For those of you who want to see what the critics have to say before forking over your hard-earned cash, here is a review on our friend (and subscriber) Don’s blog.
Thanks, Don.
You subscribers will have the pleasure of reading two fine critical essays on Homer, which will be sent when Volume 30 goes out in a few weeks.
