Synopses & Reviews
From Harvey- and Eisner-nominated cartoonist and editor Glenn Head comes , the hilarious and harrowing tale of a nineteen-year-old virgin who drops out of everything and into the unknown. Abandoning suburbia for art school and then the gritty streets, young Glenn finds himself fending off predators and fighting depression. A visit to offers entrée into the world of underground comix and R. Crumb, but it's a chance encounter with Muhammad Ali that allows young Glenn to prove his mettle. Like Scorsese circa crossed with revealing autobiography like Jim Carroll's , is an unforgettable tale of losing one's mind, finding one's identity, and discovering love where it's least expected.
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"Glenn has at last found his voice, found the way to tell his own truth, and has produced a very fine graphic novel, strange, unique, deeply personal, a very rewarding comic book reading experience." R. Crumb
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"Glenn Head's work is cut from the fabric of his being with a rusty straight razor, he knows that you can't be open and exposed without a little blood. His honesty is nearly unappreciated in a culture built on lies and social Darwinism, but is as vital and necessary to remind us of the freedoms we lost in the past two decades as anything penned by Orwell. His work is a wail of freedom; not the bumper sticker shrink wrapped kind that always falls out of the mouth of millionaire politicians, but the freedom that comes only when you have sacrificed everything." Tom Spurgeon The Comics Reporter
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"Glenn's story is crazy and delightful and his work masterfully done.
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"Unflinching" John Porcellino
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" by Glenn Head is a true rarity: a modern graphic novel that could hold its own with many titles from the heyday of the Underground. With unsparing honesty and sometimes disturbing imagery, Head charts a trajectory spanning three decades. The work is cut from whole cloth, in that his intense
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"Unflinching" John Porcellino (King-Cat, The Hospital Suite)
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"Mr. Head's work as an editor and creator has earned him well-deserved Harvey and Eisner-award nominations and it's easy to see why. His time contributing to
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"...Glenn Head [uses] a flowing, sometimes loopy style to accent works grounded in austere reality. ... [] provides an entertaining autobiographical ride..." Andrea Towers Entertainment Weekly
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Synopsis
A coming-of-age graphic memoir, set against the seedy 1970s Windy City.
About the Author
Glenn Head is a cartoonist and editor living in New York City. His work is widely anthologized.