{"product_id":"dirty-pictures-how-an-underground-network-of-nerds-feminists-misfits-geniuses-bikers-potheads-printers-intellectuals-and-art-school-rebels-re-hardcover","title":"Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Re - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Doherty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournalist and comic book critic Brian Doherty's \u003ci\u003eDirty Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete narrative history of the weird and wonderful world of Underground Comix--\"a welcome addition to an under-analyzed legacy of the free-spirited 1960s\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the 1950s, comics meant \u003ci\u003ePOW!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBAM!\u003c\/i\u003e superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of \u003ci\u003eMAD\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their \"comix\"--spelled that way to distinguish the work from their dime-store contemporaries--presented tales of taboo sex, casual drug use, and a transgressive view of society. Embraced by hippies and legions of future creatives, this subgenre of comic books and strips often ran afoul of the law, but that would not stop them from casting cultural ripples for decades to come, eventually moving the entire comics form beyond the gutter and into fine-art galleries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brian Doherty weaves together the stories of R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Harvey Pekar, and Howard Cruse, among many others, detailing the complete narrative history of this movement. Through dozens of new interviews and archival research, he chronicles the scenes that sprang up around the country in the 1960s and '70s, beginning with the artists' origin stories and following them through success and strife, and concluding with an examination of these creators' legacies. \u003ci\u003eDirty Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that recontextualized the way people thought about war, race, sex, gender, and expression.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Doherty\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eReason\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground\u003c\/i\u003e (Little, Brown, 2004). His reporting, essays, and reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, and Fantagraphics's \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Comics Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He has also served as a judge for the comics industry's Eisner Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.06 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698616438847,"sku":"9781419750465","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/319b1824262f065ebcbbe36787bc208c.webp?v=1765010782","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/dirty-pictures-how-an-underground-network-of-nerds-feminists-misfits-geniuses-bikers-potheads-printers-intellectuals-and-art-school-rebels-re-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}