Adam Parfrey is the editor of Apocalypse Culture, Apocalypse Culture II, It's a Man's World, and coeditor of Sin-a-Rama. He is the coauthor of Ritual America, The Secret Source, and Lexicon Devil. Adam also wrote the compilation Cult Rapture, which contained his early feature article on the crazy Keane story.
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Teary, big-eyed orphans and a multitude of trashy knockoffs epitomized American kitsch art as they clogged thrift stores for decades. When Adam Parfrey tracked down Walter Keane—the credited artist of the weepy waifs—for a San Diego Reader cover st... SEE MORE