{"product_id":"crumb-a-cartoonists-life-dan-nadel-hardcover","title":"Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life -- Dan Nadel, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEisner Award Nominee for Best Comics-Related Book\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\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\/strong\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\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, London), \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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dan Nadel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.1\" H x 6.1\" L x 1.6\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781982144005\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51095217930544,"sku":"9781982144005","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781982144005.jpg?v=1784239187","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/crumb-a-cartoonists-life-dan-nadel-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}