Get your all new
2008 Nihilism Calendar
Celebrating War
NIHILIST PRESS
Get your all new
2008 Nihilism Calendar
Celebrating War
This year, the Nihilism Calendar celebrates one of humanity’s major preoccupations, WAR.
As if ripped from the headlines, the Nihilist Press responds to the public interest in organized mayhem, from a nihilistic dispassionate perspective. "Just because people are being maimed and killed wholesale, that doesn’t mean we can’t laugh and make a few bucks,” said Nihilist Press director Elisha Shapiro. “I only feel bad it took us so long to exploit such an obvious marketing strategy. What can I say? And it makes a charming Christmas gift."
Featured in the all new 2008 Nihilism Calendar are all the gruesome, violent and just plain funny events that shock us every day in the newspaper. The Nihilism Calendar combines irreverent humor, grotesque and curious dates of significance, demented press clippings and peculiar snapshots, all of which celebrate reality as nihilists like to see it.
This calendar is part of Elisha Shapiro's ongoing conceptual art exploration of Nihilism. Shapiro, a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist, is known for his 1984 Nihilist Olympics, his 2006 Nihilist Party Campaign for Governor of California, his 1988 Presidential campaign, and his monthly cable TV show, Nihilists' Corner.
Elisha Shapiro began publishing his Nihilism Calendar in 1980. For many years it was only available in a few Los Angeles bookstores and galleries. It was sought after by many who appreciated Shapiro's unusual work. It is now available directly from the Nihilist Press by mailing $10.95 to PO Box 36422, Los Angeles, CA 90036, or by going to the Nihilists’ Corner website (www.nihilists.net) where Paypal is accepted. For shipping out of the U.S., please add $3.
The 2008 Nihilism Calendar includes over 800 dates of nihilist significance. Here are just a few:
January 30, 1933, Hitler Elected
February 12, 1999, Clinton Acquitted
March 19, 2003, US Invades Iraq
April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson Born
May 27, 1884, Oscar Wilde Wed
June 27, 1968, Stonewall Raid
July 17, 1955, Disneyland Opens
August 8, 1974, Nixon Resigns
September 11, 2001, Trade Center Attack
October 2, 1985, Rock Hudson Dead
November 6, Winona Ryder Guilty
December 9, 1992, Charles & Di Split
The 2008 Calendar also includes several actual newspaper articles every month. Here are the headlines from just a few of them:
Leg Is Found In Trash Bag On Beach
Bump In Road Kills Suspected Bombers
Man Kills His Wife, Self With Nail Gun
Past Wife’s Ashes Sold At Garage Sale
Jail For Man Who Fed Puppy To Snake
Man Sledgehammers Grenade, Dies In Blast
No Contest Pleas In Family Sex Pact
Mother Accused Of Microwaving Baby
Just A Massage, Pastor Says
Waffle House Sued In Spitting Case
Gunmen Toss 5 Human Heads Onto Bar Floor
Chicago Archbishop Slips On Holy Water, Hurts Hip
See a free sample page of this year's Calendar.
Click on the links below to download a jpeg. Each is about 600k.
Where do you buy your Nihilism Calendar?
The calendars are available in some bookstores, but not in others. If you want one, and your local bookstore refuses to order it, just send $10.95 to:
Nihilist Press, Box 36422, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
(For shipping out of the U.S., please add $3.)
We'll send one right out to you via US mail. You can order the 2008 calendar now, and you can order the 2009 calendar October 2008. If you are a bookstore owner and want to order some Nihilism Calendars, email Nihilist01@Aol.com, and we'll put you in touch with the distributor who handles it.
Save Time and Money!
If you pay for your calendar with PayPal, we will be able to mail your calendar immediately, and you will pay only $10, a discount of 95 cents. (For shipping out of the U.S., please add $3.)
Nihilist bumper stickers are also available for
$1 each.
