December 22, 1991-1992 (Dreamlog) [Paperback]

Christopher Dante Romano (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dreamlog | Publication Date: January 1, 1993

It's called DECEMBER 22, and it's all true.

Imagine, if you can, over 200 pages of pure, unbridled out-pourings. Shameless, in every sense of the word.

Read with complete impunity, and discover what gave birth to the cartoon DREAMBOY! These pages, culled together and carefully crafted, are the beginning of a spectacular moment. A brilliant period, in fact, heralding in a new age of selfless exploitation and deprecation. Saturated with telling facts and neuroses, everything you can possibly know about a complete stranger is cryptically presented. You'll swear the pages feel damp.

DECEMBER 22 documents one year's worth--the first of many, in fact--of one fetish-heavy boy's startling dreams. Rubber underwear recommended.

Editorial Reviews

Review

2Thumbing through these snippets is like eating Doritos. Before you realize it you've finished the whole bag and are hungry for more! -- Rick Veitch, author of RARE BIT FIENDS

An honest-to-goodness nocturnal trip through someone else's head! -- Neil Gaiman, author of SANDMAN

Chris Romano does for Freud what classic comics do for Shakespeare...It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. -- Dave Hickey, author of AIR GUITAR and THE INVISIBLE DRAGON

Chris Romano's surrealist/realist/honest/weird/sexy/horrific dreams range from Wild to Wilder to Wildest--so Dream On, Chris, Dream On! -- Janice Eidus, author of VITO LOVES GERALDINE, THE CELIBACY CLUB

I'm no psychiatrist, but I'd say [Chris is] in serious need of some 'help' and with that in mind, I'm surprised [he's] not fighting off the major publishers! -- Daniel Clowes, author of EIGHTBALL

If this book doesn't tickle your id, nothing will. -- Amy Gerstler, author of MEDICINE, BITTER ANGEL, and NERVE STORM

It has an eyecatching design and is quite entertaining. HAIL SATAN! -- Anton Szandor La Vey, The Black Pope

Romano has a gift for capturing telling oneiric details and he writes real good too. This is high-grade-stuff-of-this-sort. -- Jim Woodring, author of JIM, FRANK

About the Author

The less you know about Christopher Dante Romano, probably the better off you are.

Closet painter, arrogant and opinionated, Romano is best known (if at all!) for his computer animated DREAMBOY cartoons which made a brief appearance on MTV, among others. Dying for attention and approval from the masses, his self-obsessed out-pourings have taken many forms. DECEMBER 22 1991-1992, the first year of a documented six, just happens to be in the form of print.

Born June 16, 1968, Romano now finds himself obsessed by the extra weight being over 30 brings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Inferno Press (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884514162
• ISBN-13: 978-1884514166
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,677,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest as a straight razor, May 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: December 22, 1991-1992 (Dreamlog) (Paperback)

Each entry harbors a desire, a need, an obsession which the weak should turn away from. Romano's Dec 22 is a trigger for bitter and pleasurable memories, both acutely American and fantastically personal.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short Attention-Span Neurosis, July 19, 2000

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Brian Doom (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: December 22, 1991-1992 (Dreamlog) (Paperback)

It's a peek into Romano's subconscious. The entries are short and sweet and defy analysis. Some of them don't have a beginning. Keeping track of the real-world analogues to Romano's dream-characters is like watching a soap opera in twenty second snippets. People come and go in a chaotic storm, puppets of Romano's unconscious... and since this is a genuine collection of the author's dreams one can't help but wonder what his friends thought of the dreams they were in.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD BATHROOM READING, February 11, 2000

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Tom Mott - Digital Domain - See all my reviews

This review is from: December 22, 1991-1992 (Dreamlog) (Paperback)

Normally, there's nothing more boring than someone trying to describe to you a particularly vivid dream they had last night. Chris Romano, however, has managed to record a year's worth of dreams in good form. The entries are engaging, often funny, and he has a crisp delivery that makes this book an enjoyable read. They're short too, making it ideal bathroom reading.