One printing of the book (in two volumes) on Picasa Web Albums from user Grid Krairach (CC BY-SA 3.0)

One printing of the book (in two volumes) on Picasa Web Albums from user Grid Krairach (CC BY-SA 3.0)

I like weird things. I like weird people. Always have, always will. I was a huge fan of Salvador Dalí when I was a kid. I still appreciate his work. I don’t believe Antoni Gaudí‘s work is gaudy (see what I did there?). But this book is weird. Really weird. It goes beyond Dalí and Gaudí to include the grotesque.

I’m not into grotesque stuff, but Codex Seraphinianus is like a traffic accident. You just can’t look away. I have yet to get my hands on this book, but there will come a day. Oh yes.

See some more of the surreal artwork for yourself at this nice review on AbeBooks.com.