A scintillating, hairy fiesta of self-deprecation and fantasy chicks, this book paints a chilling portrait of a man not quite in control of anything, including his bowels.

-- Lisa Anne Auerbach

Chris practices a rare form of discipline--capturing his dreams every night. Fascinating for anyone who wakes up in the middle of the night trying to make sense of his subconscious.

-- Mike Baron

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

"In dreams begin responsibilities," so he (Lou Reed's favorite poet Delmore Schwartz) says. I'm glad that, due to Romano's work, dreams aren't metaphors anymore or fantasy, but as real as the education system and traffic rules. He teaches us, that people who want to talk about revolution should stop calling it a dream. There is no next life.

-- Diedrich Diederichsen

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

An honest-to-goodness nocturnal trip through someone else's head!

-- Neil Gaiman

If this book doesn't tickle your id, nothing will.

-- Amy Gerstler

Chris Romano does for Freud what classic comics do for Shakespeare...It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.

-- David Hickey

Not since the glory days of surrealism has there been such a candy box of dreamy treats to feast upon. Chris Romano's collection of his night journeys is closer in tone to the flat-footed accounts of Michel Leiris than the flowery outpourings of Andre Breton. And they are funny. Now you have the opportunity to view contemporary American life as once it was only possible to look at that of early 20th century France. Look through Chris' eyes at his blankly marvelous obsessions: spiders, toes, his muse Linda, fecal matter, male genitals - and Art Center.

-- Mike Kelley

It has an eyecatching design and is quite entertaining.

HAIL SATAN!

-- Anton Szandor LaVey

Prepare to be tickled, titillated, and terrified! Our visible-human-dreamboy has presented us with another anatomically and not-so-politically correct diagram of his psyche. Page through the transparencies to reveal sexual urges, social tension and a funky fascination with sitcom stars.

-- Jesse Reklaw

It is all too clear to me now why, as a teen, the author would awaken me night after night with his bone-chilling screams, blood-curdling howls and smarmy chuckles, and why we were forced to launder his bedsheets so excessively.

Where did I go wrong?

-- Andy Romano

Thumbing through these snippets is like eating Doritos. Before you realize it you've finished the whole bag and are hungry for more!

-- Rick Veitch

Avoid him, honor him, hate him, wash his feet with your hair, he means you all the harm in the world.

-- Benjamin Weissman

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

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November 1, 1998