>Henry Darger was a janitor in Chicago, and he pretty much kept to himself. He never mentioned that he was writing a book. But just after Darger's death, his landlord discovered his magnum opus, "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion." The book is several volumes and 15,000 pages (single space!) of strange, fantastical adventure stories, accompanied by over 300 illustrations of children and semi-human creatures. Some of the illustrations take the form of collage, and the largest clocks in at 10 feet wide.Are you writing a secret masterwork, /lit/?
>>25004540has the actual work ever been published? darger had such a big moment in the mid-00's that it seems silly his promoters never released an edition
>>25004562Probably because society sees autistics as a burden.
>>25004562It's very very long iirc>>25004567I wonder if something similar like Sonichu will be treated as some hidden gem 50 years down the line
>>25004614sell it as a multi-volume set, ez-pz. they could set the price high and an army of the affluent would pony up to display it prominently in their condos
>>25004652just imagine how expensive it would be. probably the most expensive book every printed.
“I figure that it’s better to be a sucker who makes something than a wise guy who is too cautious to make anything at all.”Henry Darger
>>25004614>something similar like SonichuPlease be joking. If you can't see the difference between the artistry and passion Darger poured into his strange, secret world and the lazy, clueless attempts at mass-appealing slop CWC slapped together and put out on display wherever he could you are blind.
>>25005020this makes no sense when you consider he literally never showed anyone his works while he was alive, the only reason anyone even knows about him is because his landlord didn't throw out his drawings and book after he died.he WAS to scared / apprehensive to share his art.
>>25004540>Are you writing a secret masterwork, /lit/?For six years, yes, but I'm about to start self-publishing it.
>>25005574He says "make" not "share." It's the making that's important. Sharing is extracurricular.
