Darger's resources

Henry Darger was an eccentric artist who taught himself to paint and draw, and nobody knew the full scope of his work until after his death. This book looks closely at the materials he gathered and reworked, including popular novels, comic strips, pulp magazines, and the events of his own era. Its focus is the imaginary world those sources helped him create, one that can feel unsettling, joyful, and wildly inventive, sometimes all at once.