Thanks to Jonathan Williams for championing us!

We keep going.

Book six, now available.

Polyglot & Spleen #6 - A Muse is Not Simply to Amuse (Part 1)

The sixth book of Polyglot & Spleen begins our third story arc - "A Muse Is Not Simply To Amuse". Here, the story turns back toward our main characters. Finally, we get our first glimpse of Polyglot in his role as computer technician while simultaneously Spleen, in her Uncle's bakery, receives a rather odd pastry request. Their day finished, the story segues into night with Polyglot & Spleen taking a trip to their local club for Dance of the Living Dead - a costumed event that is half dance marathon, half competition for the prize of tickets to the opening show on the Absinthe Faith tour. Of course, all these events are entwined with our heroes' usual whimsical turn on the world - the least of which is their costume choice for the event. Hint: The costume inspirations are mentioned in book three.

40 pages - (as always) $5.00 shipped.

http://www.seraphemera.org/purchase/purchase.html

A number of months back I finally got around to sending our books in to the Library of congress. Months later, I have received no confirmation of filing, but the checks have cleared long ago.

Happily, the other day, a letter arrived from the Library of Congress. I thought, "Finally! Our registration information."

I was wrong.

Below the cut you will find the letter we received for Polyglot & Spleen #4.

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Thanks to everybody at STAPLE! (http://www.staple-auston.org) for planning / hosting / attending such a great event.



Photos after the cut...



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Just in case one is curious as to the inside of the seraphemera bookhaus....

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mood: artistic

Polyglot & Spleen...

A story for children who know the only way to not become a boring adult is through the exercising of imagination.

A story for adults who know that age, but a number, requires regular reminders that the dexterous mind may enliven the calcifying body.

A story for all of us who love Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn, The Princess Bride, Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH, A Wrinkle in Time, The Dark Crystal & The Nightmare Before Christmas.

We were driving along (and it comes that many of our best thoughts come from driving - the rhythm of the wheels going round, of the countryside passing by, of the energy of adventure) and discussing famous combinations of words - specifically names - connected by an ampersand, as we wanted to create a couple of characters to start a book.

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five issues into the comic, a Polyglot & Spleen LJ seems appropriate.

thanks for reading.

-- p.g.