Former Message Cult Member Honored: From George to Joe

From George to Joe" pairs Price's meticulously rendered portraits of all 46 of America's presidents with sardonic essays that concentrate on the, shall we say, less savory aspects of the Great Men's lives and political careers. "I joke that everything is backed up by Wikipedia," the author laughs. Actually, his writing and research took two years to complete, and included consulting a large number of books, including works from the White House Historical Association. "If I couldn't verify it, I wouldn't use it, no matter how good it was.

John Price's "From George to Joe: The Presidents in Black & White" will have a book launch party at the Brickhouse RVA on Friday, Feb. 24 from 5-9 p.m. The event is free. For more on the book, go to johnpricefineart.com

"My parents were part of a cult, the Message Believers," he says. "They believed in the word of the prophet William Branham, who is kind of obscure now but at the time was a big deal. Out of [the Message Believers] came Oral Roberts and TBN and stuff like that. Branham was very close friends with Jim Jones, and believed that Jesus was going to come back in 1977. Of course, he didn't."[1]
- John Price