BAT BOY LIVES!

by David Perel & The Editors Of The Weekly World News

published by Sterling

ISBN-10: 1402728239

ISBN-13: 978-1402728235

 

reviewed by Adam Armstrong

1.8.09 

 

Go Bat Boy Go!

 

Bat Boy Lives! The Weekly World News guide to politics, culture, celebrities, alien abductions, and the mutant freaks that shape our world is a collection of some of the greatest articles of Weekly World News over the last couple of decades. From Elvis’s retirement to the reason why old people smell, this book is chock full of ‘truths’ you won’t find anywhere else. There is also a centerfold of the first bigfoot prostitute, hubba-hubba.

 

I’ve always liked Weekly World News, partly because I’m not quite right in the head, but more just for the fun that radiates out of each page. I love how they are still using the same photo altering techniques that they have used for almost thirty years. And for some reason this newspaper has always struck me as being more truthful than the real newspapers/networks that are twisting and sensationalizing the news until they get the advertisers they want.

 

A funny read that’s worth it.

 

5 out of 5