A Vast Knowledge of General Subjects

From 1994 onward, Fantagraphics published this single-issue comic featuring the eccentric, free-verse poetry of Ernest Noyes Brookings, brought to vivid life by the illustrations of Doug Allen. A unique artifact of outsider art, it captures the untrained, stream-of-consciousness musings of Brookings on a dizzying array of topics. Its lasting significance lies in its preservation of a singular, unfiltered creative voice.