{"product_id":"crumb-a-cartoonists-life-hardcover","title":"Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Nadel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, the New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the PEN \/ Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEisner Award Nominee for Best Comics-Related Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A definitive and ideal biography--pound for pound, one of the sleekest and most judicious I've ever read.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA critical darling, \u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e is the first biography of Robert Crumb--one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century--whose frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers and cartoonists, from Art Spiegelman to Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic. Now, for the first time, Dan Nadel delivers a \"gripping and essential account\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) of how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Braiding biography with \"cultural history and criticism...that honors the complexity of [its] subject, even, perhaps particularly, when it gets ugly\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a richly complex life at the forefront of both the underground and popular cultures of post-war America. Including forty-five stunning black-and-white images throughout and a sixteen-page color insert featuring images both iconic and obscure \"at once nuanced and propulsive\" (Times Literary Supplement), \u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e spans the pressures of 1950s suburban America and Crumb's highly dysfunctional early family life; the history of comics and graphic satire; 20th-century popular music; the world of the counterculture; the birth of underground comic books in 1960s San Francisco with Crumb's \u003ci\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/i\u003e; the economic challenges and dissolution of the hippie dream; and the path Robert Crumb blazed through it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with Crumb's cooperation, this fascinating, rollicking book takes in seven decades of Crumb's iconic works, including \u003ci\u003eFritz the Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeirdo\u003c\/i\u003e, and his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Genesis \u003c\/i\u003eand \"floats Crumb on the rapids of his times\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), capturing, in the process, the essence of an extraordinary artist.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Nadel is the Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His previous books include, \u003ci\u003eIt's Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Peter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence, 1945-1976\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eArt Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries, 1900-1969\u003c\/i\u003e. Nadel has curated exhibitions for galleries and museums internationally. He is the founder of PictureBox, a publishing and packaging company that produced over one hundred books, objects, and zines from 2000 to 2014, including the Grammy Award-winning design for Wilco's 2004 album \u003ci\u003eA Ghost Is Born. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575111180595,"sku":"9781982144005","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/crumb-a-cartoonists-life-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}