Outlaws, Rebels, Freethinkers & Pirates by Bob Levin

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Synopsis

A collection of raucous Comics Journal artists' profiles from the eclectic essayist and author of The Pirates & the Mouse.

Meet the artist

• who proved you could do ANYTHING in a comic book.
• who regularly performs an act of purification by passing a 21-foot long cloth through his digestive system.
• whose pink winged magic stogie-waving fairy godfather was the toast of 1940s intellectuals.
• who, more likely than not, never had sex with her Doberman.
• whose gore-splattered stories featured an all-teddy bear cast.
• who devoted a dozen years to creating an epic graphic novel equivalent of the "Odyssey" (but is now largely forgotten).

Bob Levin explores the by-ways and back roads of creative genius in as off-beat a collection of characters as are likely to be found outside a carnival midway. Serious, dedicated, often driven by the hounds of Hell, these artists pursue often off-putting, always fascinating visions without regard to popular acclaim or financial reward. Levin's profile/essay style is a unique blend of pooched journalism, quasi-autobiography, faux cultural history, and semi-scholarship, and the perfect vehicle by which to engage these beyond-the-box personalities. And from these engagements he fashions powerful arguments for the value of unfettered expression, no matter from how far outside the mainstream it may issue.