Notes from Paraspace: Essays on Writing, Storytelling, and Rebooting for a Culture that Eats Itself

by Christian A. Dumais

NOTES FROM PARASPACE offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between creativity, nostalgia, and our ever-changing cultural landscape. Whether you're a storyteller or a pop-culture enthusiast, this book of essays will leave you questioning the narratives that shape our world and our reality. Christian A. Dumais ( Go West , The Life and Tweets of Drunk Hulk ) invites you to engage with ideas that transcend time and space. Reexamine the present, reconsider the past, and reimagine a future where storytelling is an opportunity for transformation. Join the exploration.
NOTES FROM PARASPACE includes the following HOLY HEIMAT, BATMAN!
The Dark Knight’s True Tragedy REBOOTING DISTORTIONS
DC Comics and the Reboot Culture POP GOES THE CULTURE
Remixing the Status Quo EXPLORING HOUSE OF LEAVES
Liberature in a Burst Cultural Landscape

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE YOUR GAME NOW?
The Replayability of Liberature

POSTMODERNIST METAFICTION
Changing the Shape of Stories

120 pages, Paperback

Published August 12, 2023

About the author

Christian A. Dumais is an American writer and stand up comedian based out of Wroclaw, Poland. He has written sketch comedy, journalism, comic strips, comic books, short stories, books, academic articles, and more.

He is best known for creating Twitter’s @DrunkHulk, an internet and pop culture sensation which accumulated nearly 200,000 followers.

Drunk Hulk has been featured in various publications like Time, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, and mentioned on NPR, Comedy Central, and MTV. A collection of Drunk Hulk’s tweet, as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes material, was published as SMASHED: The Life and Tweets of Drunk Hulk.