false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256010269m/4018150.jpg 4018150 3 <DIV>In <I>The Beats: A Graphic History</I>, those who were mad to live come back to life through artwork as pulsatingly vibrant as the movement itself. Told by Harvey Pekar and his frequent artistic collaborator Ed Piskor, and by a range of artists and writers, including feminist comic creator Trina Robbins and <I>Mad </I>magazine artist Peter Kuper, <I>The Beats </I>takes us on a wild tour. From the Benzedrine-fueled antics of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs to the painting sessions of Jay DeFeo&#8217;s disheveled studio, from the jazz hipsters to beatnik chicks, from Chicago&#8217;s beatnik bistro to San Francisco&#8217;s famed City Lights bookstore, we see the storied era in all its incarnations.</DIV> 4064623 book 17 3 2009 The Beats: A Graphic History total:133|5:19|4:42|3:53|2:16|1:3| 133 457 245 49 4 4 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 17:42:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 18:38:10 -0700 2009
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It starts off with the big three of the Beat Generation--Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs--but also has plenty of info about other, equally important Beat writers.

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This is a bit more straight no chaser and we get some good critique and perspective on the individuals and their ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:21:54 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 22:42:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 20:48:04 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 07:48:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 06:17:58 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 13:47:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 13:53:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:45:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4018150