{"product_id":"crumb-a-cartoonists-life-by-dan-nadel","title":"Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life \/ by Dan Nadel","description":"\u003cp\u003eScribner, 2025. Pictorial hardcover. Remainder mark. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA critical darling,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBraiding 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),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espans 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/i\u003e; the economic challenges and dissolution of the hippie dream; and the path Robert Crumb blazed through it all.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56239964979366,"sku":null,"price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/crumb.jpg?v=1772824655","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/crumb-a-cartoonists-life-by-dan-nadel","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}