Almost Completely Baxter

“Mr. Baxter betrays all the ominous symptoms of genius.”—Edward Gorey “Many people have tried to imitate Baxter…few have come close to succeeding.”—Salman Rushdie “A kind of mad cross between Magritte, S.J. Perelman, and pulp fiction.”—The New York Times “Glen Baxter is an artist in the distinguished tradition of Lewis Carroll, Sax Rohmer, Marquis de Sade, Raymond Roussel, Luther Burbank, and the Comte de Lautreamont.”—John Ashbery “It is the contrast between the bald simplicity of the drawings and the baroque excess of the captions that makes Baxter such a significant figure not just in the cartoon business, but in the British comedy landscape.”—The Guardian

Glen Baxter (1944-2026) was the author of many books since the 1970s, including The Impending Gleam, The Billiard Table Murders, Blizzards of Tweed, and Almost Completely Baxter. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Elle, Vogue, Le Monde, The Observer, and The Independent on Sunday. He was a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, and his art is often exhibited in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, and London.

Marlin Canasteen is the author of The Balearic Trilogy and the acclaimed biography of the great American poet Richard Griffin. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. For many years he acted as Security Advisor at the Bolick Mandolin Conservation Society in Duluth, Minnesota. He currently resides in Toledo, Ohio.

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