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Ken Muldrew

"Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose."

Big Lebowski to the Dude.

Jennifer

I just bought the Gary Snyder Reader per another blogger's recommendation... Somehow, even though I recall reading many things by the Beat Generation, his poems had escaped me. Maybe I wasn't ready for them. I am now.

Holly

Funny that Nicosia says that The Beats: A Graphic History is full of errors, his book Memory Babe is full of intentional fiction, mostly the pornographic parts.

Kevin Wolf

I was not aware of the series of "graphic histories" or whatever they are, edited by Harvey Pekar, of which The Beats is one volume. Now I know.

And I can see that, art-wise, they've rounded up the usual "alternative" or "indie" comics artists. Dan Clowes, who designed the jacket and I assume did a story, used to have a kind of wacky 60s-influenced style that was simple, jaunty, and fun. Over the years he's perfected this (and his storytelling) into a self-conscious and dry product that is absolutely no fun at all. And for this, his fame increases. Just using him as an example, because I'd guess he exemplifies The Beats. I get the feeling I'd agree with your opinion of this book.

Re Harvey Pekar, he's something of a jazz expert, which might be one of reasons he's interested in the Beats. It seems odd, though, that there'd be as many errors as some have indicated, given Pekar's ability to retain jazz minutia. Or perhaps his contributors took liberties/made errors and Pekar simply wasn't able to catch them all. Maybe there were time and money constraints.

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