recommended reading list
2 weeks ago
General
Magick in Theory and in Practice - Aleister Crowley
Principia Discordia - Malaclypse the Younger
Zen Without Zen Masters - Camden Benares
Cosmic Trigger: Final Secrets of the Illuminati - Robert Anton Wilson
Black Elk Speaks
The Mohawk Warrior Society by Louis Karioniaktajeh Hall
Creek Indian Medicine Ways: The Enduring Power of Mvskoke Religion by David Lewis Jr. and Ann T Gordan
1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave Breeding Industry by Ned and Constance Sublette
Look! A Nation is Coming! Native Americans and the Second American Revolution by Robert Mendoza
The Complete Works of Charles Fort
Zulu Shaman by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians, and Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians by John R. Swanson
Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston
Character Analysis by Wilhelm Reich
The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III
Fiction:
The Void Captain's Tale - Norman Spinrad
Tailchaser's Song - Tad Williams
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Illuminatus - Bob Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold
The Three Imposters - Arthur Machin
Sirius - Olaf Stapleton
Comics:
Cerebus - Dave Sim
Elfquest - Wendy Pini
Pogo - Walt Kelly
Little Nemo in Slumberland - Winsor McKay
Fritz the Cat - R. Crumb
Krazy Kat - George Herriman
Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Maus - Art Spiegelman
Homestuck - Andrew Hussie
Beasts of Burden - Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson, and Benjamin Dewey
Live Action Movies/shows:
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Great Dictator (1940) (And every other film by Chaplin, he was a great genius.)
Cat People (1942)
The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
Glenn or Glenda 1953
Dementia (or Daughter of Horror) (1955)
The Prisoner (1967-68)
Head (1968)
The Gay Deceivers 1969
Lucifer Rising (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972) (Also Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and any other film directed by John Waters)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1972)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Zardoz (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Suspiria (1977)
The Forbidden Zone (1979)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cruising 1980
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle (1980)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Roar (1981)
The Young Ones (1982-84)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Killer Condom (1996)
Velvet Goldmine 1996
Orgazmo (1998)
The Emerald Forest
Lisztomania
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Electric Apricot: The Quest for Festeroo
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Sorry to Bother You
Kneecap (2024)
Animated features:
Le Roman de Renard (1931)
The Lost Letter (1945)
Song of the South (1946)
The Humpbacked Horse (1947)
La Rosa di Bagdad (1949)
Peter Pan (1953)
The King and the Mockingbird (1953)
The Frog Princess (1954)
Animal Farm (1954)
The Enchanted Boy (1955)
The Snow Queen (1957)
Panda and the Magic Serpent (1958)
The Adventures of Buratino (1959)
Chuang Tapestry (1959)
Hyoutan Suzume (1959)
The Night Before Christmas (1951)
The Scarlet Flower (1952)
The Snow Maiden (1952)
The Twelve Months (1956)
Alakazam the Great (1960)
Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962)
The Wild Swans (1962)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
Of Stars and Men (1964)
Gulliver’s Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (1969)
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)
Cipollino (1961)
The Key (1961)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970)
Bennys Badekar (1971)
Mowgli (1973)
Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Heavy Traffic (1973)
Johnny Corncob (1973)
Hugo the Hippo (1975)
The Humpbacked Horse (1975)
Allegro non Troppo (1976)
The Hobbit (1977)
The Rescuers (1977)
Lord of the Rings (1978)
Watership Down (1978)
Ringing Bell (1978)
Metamorphoses/Winds of Change (1979)
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979)
The Blue Bird (1970)
Pinocchio (1972)
Fritz the Cat (1972)
Dunderklumpen! (1974)
Around the World with Peynet’s Lovers (1974)
Coonskin (1975)
Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Fantastic Animation Festival (1977)
Gulliver’s Travels (1977)
Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Wizards (1977)
The Talking Parcel (1978)
The Adventures of Sudsakorn (1979)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
Habfurdo (1979)
Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Tatsu no ko Taro (1979)
When I finish watching every cartoon feature of the 1980s then I'll update this list, obviously most of the best ones are from that decade
Animated Shows/short films:
Fleischer's Superman
Batman the Animated Series
Winsor McKay's "The Pet" (and his other short films)
Eek the Cat
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
Principia Discordia - Malaclypse the Younger
Zen Without Zen Masters - Camden Benares
Cosmic Trigger: Final Secrets of the Illuminati - Robert Anton Wilson
Black Elk Speaks
The Mohawk Warrior Society by Louis Karioniaktajeh Hall
Creek Indian Medicine Ways: The Enduring Power of Mvskoke Religion by David Lewis Jr. and Ann T Gordan
1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave Breeding Industry by Ned and Constance Sublette
Look! A Nation is Coming! Native Americans and the Second American Revolution by Robert Mendoza
The Complete Works of Charles Fort
Zulu Shaman by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians, and Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians by John R. Swanson
Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston
Character Analysis by Wilhelm Reich
The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III
Fiction:
The Void Captain's Tale - Norman Spinrad
Tailchaser's Song - Tad Williams
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
Illuminatus - Bob Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold
The Three Imposters - Arthur Machin
Sirius - Olaf Stapleton
Comics:
Cerebus - Dave Sim
Elfquest - Wendy Pini
Pogo - Walt Kelly
Little Nemo in Slumberland - Winsor McKay
Fritz the Cat - R. Crumb
Krazy Kat - George Herriman
Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Maus - Art Spiegelman
Homestuck - Andrew Hussie
Beasts of Burden - Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson, and Benjamin Dewey
Live Action Movies/shows:
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Great Dictator (1940) (And every other film by Chaplin, he was a great genius.)
Cat People (1942)
The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
Glenn or Glenda 1953
Dementia (or Daughter of Horror) (1955)
The Prisoner (1967-68)
Head (1968)
The Gay Deceivers 1969
Lucifer Rising (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972) (Also Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and any other film directed by John Waters)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1972)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Zardoz (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Suspiria (1977)
The Forbidden Zone (1979)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cruising 1980
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle (1980)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Roar (1981)
The Young Ones (1982-84)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Killer Condom (1996)
Velvet Goldmine 1996
Orgazmo (1998)
The Emerald Forest
Lisztomania
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Electric Apricot: The Quest for Festeroo
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Sorry to Bother You
Kneecap (2024)
Animated features:
Le Roman de Renard (1931)
The Lost Letter (1945)
Song of the South (1946)
The Humpbacked Horse (1947)
La Rosa di Bagdad (1949)
Peter Pan (1953)
The King and the Mockingbird (1953)
The Frog Princess (1954)
Animal Farm (1954)
The Enchanted Boy (1955)
The Snow Queen (1957)
Panda and the Magic Serpent (1958)
The Adventures of Buratino (1959)
Chuang Tapestry (1959)
Hyoutan Suzume (1959)
The Night Before Christmas (1951)
The Scarlet Flower (1952)
The Snow Maiden (1952)
The Twelve Months (1956)
Alakazam the Great (1960)
Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962)
The Wild Swans (1962)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
Of Stars and Men (1964)
Gulliver’s Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (1969)
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)
Cipollino (1961)
The Key (1961)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970)
Bennys Badekar (1971)
Mowgli (1973)
Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Heavy Traffic (1973)
Johnny Corncob (1973)
Hugo the Hippo (1975)
The Humpbacked Horse (1975)
Allegro non Troppo (1976)
The Hobbit (1977)
The Rescuers (1977)
Lord of the Rings (1978)
Watership Down (1978)
Ringing Bell (1978)
Metamorphoses/Winds of Change (1979)
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979)
The Blue Bird (1970)
Pinocchio (1972)
Fritz the Cat (1972)
Dunderklumpen! (1974)
Around the World with Peynet’s Lovers (1974)
Coonskin (1975)
Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Fantastic Animation Festival (1977)
Gulliver’s Travels (1977)
Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Wizards (1977)
The Talking Parcel (1978)
The Adventures of Sudsakorn (1979)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
Habfurdo (1979)
Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Tatsu no ko Taro (1979)
When I finish watching every cartoon feature of the 1980s then I'll update this list, obviously most of the best ones are from that decade
Animated Shows/short films:
Fleischer's Superman
Batman the Animated Series
Winsor McKay's "The Pet" (and his other short films)
Eek the Cat
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
Lucius
~luciuslovin
Some of these films I have not heard of - adding those to my must see list.... the amount of Bakshi here is delightful on the things I am aware of
kaccvcate
~kaccvcate
OP
I want to be just like him when I grow up
BuckDixie
~buckdixie
The Gay Deceivers is literally so good omg
Goddamn_Bats
~goddamnbats
Killer Condom is a cult classic, I have it on vhs somewhere... many fantastic choices here!
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