num_pages: 256
description: With the appearance of the demonic Christmas character Krampus in contemporary Hollywood movies television shows advertisements and greeting cards medieval folklore has now been revisited in American culture. Krampus-related events and parades occur both in North America and Europe and they are an ever-growing phenomenon. Though the Krampus figure has once again become iconic not much can be found about its history and meaning thus calling for a book like Al Ridenour's The Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil . With Krampus's wild graphic history Feral House has hired the awarded designer Sean Tejaratchi to take on Ridenour's book about this ever-so-curious figure. Al Ridenour has lectured on Krampus at the Goethe Institutes in Los Angeles. He became somewhat of an internet phenomenon himself due to the hilarious hijinks he coordinated with the controversial Cacophony Societies.
language: English
title: The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil
publisher: Feral House