{"id":239911,"date":"2012-11-04T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T07:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/morbid-anatomy-anthology-is-kickstarter-staff-pick\/"},"modified":"2012-11-04T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T07:41:14","slug":"morbid-anatomy-anthology-is-kickstarter-staff-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/morbid-anatomy-anthology-is-kickstarter-staff-pick.php","title":{"rendered":""Morbid Anatomy Anthology" is Kickstarter Staff Pick!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe all this promising of offerings to the saints to protect Morbid Anatomy Library<\/a> from Hurricane Sandy has paid off, though in entirely unpredictable ways? I just found out that our campaign to raise funds <\/i>for The Morbid Anatomy Anthology Volume 1--<\/i>a lavish, illustrated book which will immortalize in print some of the best of the Morbid Anatomy Presents<\/a>-- got chosen as a staff pick on Kickstarter!<\/p>

If you have not already given it a look, you can check it out here<\/a>; you can also learn more about the project by watching the video above, made by the über-talented Ronni Thomas, creator of The Midnight Archive.<\/a><\/p>

More on the book below:<\/p>

The Morbid Anatomy Anthology <\/i>will cover such topics as anthropodermic bibliopegy<\/i><\/a> (ie. books bound in human skin), 19th Century \"Diableries<\/a>\", Henry Wellcome's collections of preserved human tattoos<\/a>, 19th century <\/a>death-themed <\/a>Parisian cabarets<\/a>, extreme taxidermy<\/a>, popular wax anatomical models<\/a>, \"collecting death<\/a>,\" the uncanny allure of the Anatomical Venus<\/a>, Santa Muerte and Death in Mexico<\/a>, L'Inconnue de la Seine<\/a>, \"artist of death\" Frederik Ruysch<\/a>, macabre collections<\/a>, \"human zoos<\/a>,\" and much, much, MUCH more.
The rogue scholars, artists, writers, museologists, morticians and scientists whose works will fill this volume will include (in no particular order):<\/p>