BALTIMORE — The line to meet John Waters at the book signing for his debut novel, “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance,” stretched from Atomic Books down Falls Road past Vu Skateboard Shop.
Fans from as far away as Nashville, Newark and London waited for up to four hours on May 9 for a 30-second encounter with the cult filmmaker, who was masked and behind a plexiglass shield in accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
They included a chatty 7-year-old who told Waters, “My parents met you 10 years ago before I was a thing,” and a man dressed in a wolf costume, perhaps in homage to Surprize, a memorable animal character in “Liarmouth” who is transitioning from cocker spaniel to cat.
