New Bizarro Author Series writer Patrick Wensink was just interview by Leo Weekly here:
Here’s an excerpt:
LEO: What kind of person reads bizarro fiction? Is there a community out there?
Patrick Wensink: I’m actually learning this right now, by going to bizarro conventions and meeting the other writers on the press. There isn’t one type of person who is into it — younger people, older people, etc., even conservatives. I think mostly it’s people who are looking for something different. My publisher says she looks for a book that will make people say, “Oh my god, I can’t believe someone made a book about this.” It has to be weird but original. Not just weird for weird’s sake.
Carlton Mellick III 