(2009)
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
2009 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 22.00 USD
- Pages
- 216
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Brand
-
Hill and Wang
- ISBN
-
978-0-8090-9496-7; 0-8090-9496-7
- Barcode
- 9780809094967 52200
- Editing
- Paul Buhle
- Color
- Black and White
- Dimensions
- 9.25" x 6.12" (23.49 cm x 15.54 cm)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
Cover is a wraparound jacket designed by Aaron Artessa. Softcover version is listed separately.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
in 
[no title indexed]
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Characters
- Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsburg; William Burroughs
- Reprints
-
in De Beat Generation: Een graphic novel (Parvenu, 2013 series) (april 2013)
-
[no title indexed]
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In The Beats: A Graphic History, those who were mad to live have come back to life through artwork as vibrant as the Beat Movement itself.
- Synopsis
- Inner front flap of the dust jacket containing a blurb describing the book.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Ed Piskor; Mary Fleener; Jerome Neukirch; Peter Kuper; Anne Timmons; Jeffrey Lewis; Summer McClinton
- Inks
- Ed Piskor; Mary Fleener; Jerome Neukirch; Peter Kuper; Anne Timmons; Jeffrey Lewis; Summer McClinton
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsburg; William Burroughs; Slim Brundage; Diane di Prima; Neal Cassady; Gary Snyder; Jay Defeo; Tuli Kupferberg; Kenneth Rexroth; Michael McClure; Philip Whalen; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Charles Olson; Robert Creeley; Hettie Cohen
Indexer Notes
End papers
The Beats: A Graphic History
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- Typeset
- Synopsis
- Title page with author, artist, editing and publishing credits.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- Typeset
- Synopsis
- Indicia and copyright information
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Reprints
- in De Beat Generation: Een graphic novel (Parvenu, 2013 series) (april 2013)
-
The Beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs
credits, title page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Chapter title page with author and artist credits
Jack Kerouac
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 48 pages
- Characters
- Jack Kerouac; Edie Parker; Sammy Sampas; Joan Vollmer; Lucien Carr (cameo); William S. Burroughs; Dave Kammerer (cameo); Allen Ginsberg; Herbert Huncke (cameo); Neal Cassady; Carolyn Robinson (cameo); John Clellon Holmes (cameo); Nin Kerouac (cameo); Joan Haverty; Robert Giroux (cameo); Malcolm Cowley (cameo); Alene Lee (cameo); Gore Vidal (cameo); Carl Solomon (cameo); Peter Olovsky (cameo); Lawrence Ferlinghetti (cameo); Gary Snyder (cameo); Philip Whalen (cameo); Norman Mailer (cameo); Jackie Kennedy (cameo); Ellis Amburn (cameo); Stella Sampas (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The story details Kerouac's life from 1939 to his death in the late sixties.
Allen Ginsberg
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 27 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Allen Ginsberg; Peter Orlovsky (cameo); Salvador Dali (cameo); Jack Kerouac; William S. Burroughs; Lawrence Ferlinghetti (cameo); Dame Edith Sitwell (cameo); Neal Cassady; Joe Levy (cameo); Yevgeny Yevtushenko (cameo); Andrei Voznesensky (cameo); Timothy Leary (cameo); Chogyam Trungpa (cameo); Anne Waldman (cameo); Joe Strummer (cameo); John Hammond (cameo); Daniel Ortega (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The story touches on Ginberg's life from his birth in 1926 to his death in 1997.
William S. Burroughs
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- William S. Burroughs; Allen Ginsberg; Jack Kerouac; Joan Vollmer; Herbert Huncke (cameo); Norman Mailer (cameo); Anthony Balch (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The story touches on Burrough's life from 1929 to his death in 1997
The Beats: Perspectives
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mary Fleener; Nick Thorkelson; Gary Dumm
- Inks
- Mary Fleener; Nick Thorkelson; Gary Dumm
- Letters
- Typeset
- Characters
- Kenneth Patchen; Diane di Prima; Jackson Pollock
The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Kenneth Rexroth
- Synopsis
- This story details Kenneth Rexroth's contributions to the Beat Movement and the San Francisco poetry scene.
Michael McClure
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Michael McClure
- Synopsis
- The story briefly touches upon Michael McClure's importance to the West Coast scene.
Philip Whalen
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Philip Whalen
- Synopsis
- The story briefly describes Philip Whalen's route into becoming a poet and Buddhist monk.
Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- William Everson; Robinson Jeffers
- Synopsis
- A brief story discussing the poets William Everson and Robinson Jeffers.
Robert Duncan
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Duncan
- Synopsis
- A brief summary of Robert Duncan's earlier years as a poet.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Synopsis
- The story details Lawrence Ferlinghetti's importance as a poet, publisher and co-founder of the City Lights bookstore.
Gregory Corso
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Gregory Corso; Allen Ginsberg (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A brief summary of Gregory Corso's life from his teens to his first published volume.
Leroi Jones/ Amiri Baraka
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Leroi Jones [Amiri Baraka]
- Synopsis
- A brief outline of Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka's career, from his adoption and later rejection of black nationalism to beyond.
Charles Olson
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Charles Olson; John Cage (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A brief rundown on major points in the life of Charles Olson.
Robert Creeley
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Creeley
- Synopsis
- A brief description of the qualities of Robert Creeley's poetry.
City Lights & The Beats in San Francisco
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Richard Henry Dana (cameo); Mark Twain (cameo); Henry George (cameo); Charlotte Perkins Gilman (cameo); Jack London (cameo); Frank Norris (cameo); Bob Kaufman (cameo); Billie Holiday (cameo); Ruth Weiss (cameo); Michael McClure (cameo); Philip Lamantia (cameo); John Wieners (cameo); David Meltzer (cameo); Lawrence Ferlinghetti (cameo); Shig Murao (cameo); Judge Clayton Horn (cameo); Jack Kerouac (cameo); Diane Di Prima (cameo); Leroi Jones (cameo); Nancy J. Peters (cameo); Paul Yamazaki (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The story details the history of San Francisco's role as a beacon for progressive writers.
Kenneth Patchen
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar; Nick Thorkelson
- Pencils
- Nick Thorkelson
- Inks
- Nick Thorkelson
- Letters
- Nick Thorkelson
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Kenneth Patchen
- Synopsis
- A brief rundown on the life of Kenneth Patchen
Lamantia
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Nancy Joyce Peters; Penelope Rosemont
- Pencils
- Summer McClinton
- Inks
- Summer McClinton
- Letters
- Summer McClinton
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Philip Lamantia; Andre Breton (cameo); John Cage (cameo); Parker Tyler (cameo); Alexander Hammid (cameo); Harry Smith (cameo); John Hoffman (cameo); Jack Kerouac (cameo); Paul Bowles (cameo); Leonora Carrington (cameo); Ernesto Cardenal (cameo); Homero Aridjis (cameo); Bob Kaufman (cameo); Sabato Simon Rodia (cameo); Nancy J. Peters (cameo); Ted Joans (cameo); Joyce Mansour (cameo); Lawrence Ferlinghetti (cameo); Franklin Rosemont (cameo); Penelope Rosemont (cameo)
- Synopsis
- This story details the life of poet Philip Lamantia
Gary Snyder
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Gary Snyder; Philip Whalen (cameo); Lew Welch (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A brief biography on the poet Gary Snyder
Diane di Prima
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Diane di Prima
- Synopsis
- A brief rundown on the life of Diane di Prima.
The Janitor
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Slim Brundage
- Synopsis
- A brief rundown on the life of Slim Brundage.
Beatnik Chicks
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jan Kerouac (cameo); Diane di Prima; Hettie Jones; Joan Kerouac (cameo); Joyce Johnson; Carolyn Cassady; Jack Kerouac (cameo); Allen Ginsberg (cameo); Elise Cowan; Leroi Jones; Neal Cassady
- Synopsis
- Joyce Brabner details the struggles of the Beat Women.
Jay Defeo: The Rose
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jay Defeo; Wally Hedrick
- Synopsis
- A brief story describing how Jay Defeo's painting "The Rose" came about.
Art Beats
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jackson Pollock; Jack Kerouac (cameo); Willem De Kooning (cameo); Franz Kline (cameo); Larry Rivers
- Synopsis
- The story details some connections between the Beats and painters like Jackson Pollock and Larry Rivers.
Jazz and Poetry
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Kenneth Rexroth; Dave Tough (cameo); Charles Mingus (cameo); Kenneth Patchen (cameo); Bob Kaufman (cameo); Steve Allen (cameo); Jack Kerouac (cameo); Al Cohn (cameo); Zoot Sims (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A brief rundown on the history of mixing jazz with poetry.
The Harassment of d.a. levy
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- d.a. levy [Daryll Allen Levy]; Allen Ginsberg (cameo); Doug Blazek (cameo); Gary Snyder (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A brief bio on Cleveland poet d.a. levy.
Tuli Kupferberg
The Beats: A Graphic History / comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Tuli Kupferberg; Ed Sanders; Ken Weaver; Steve Weber; Peter Stampfel; Harry Smith; Velvet Underground (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Tuli Kupferberg co-wrote this story detailing both his early days in New York City and how The Fugs got together.
About Our Artists and Writers
text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Brief blurb on the artists and writers of this book
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Ed Piskor; Mary Fleener; Jerome Neukirch; Peter Kuper; Anne Timmons; Jeffrey Lewis; Summer McClinton
- Inks
- Ed Piskor; Mary Fleener; Jerome Neukirch; Peter Kuper; Anne Timmons; Jeffrey Lewis; Summer McClinton
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsburg; William Burroughs; Slim Brundage; Diane di Prima; Neal Cassady; Gary Snyder; Jay Defeo; Tuli Kupferberg; Kenneth Rexroth; Michael McClure; Philip Whalen; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Charles Olson; Robert Creeley; Hettie Cohen
Indexer Notes
End papers- same as the front
[no title indexed]
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Synopsis
- Inside back cover flap to the dust jacket. Includes author, jacket design and publisher credits.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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["In The Beats: A Graphic History, those who were mad to live have come back to life through artwork as vibrant as the Beat Movement itself."]
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The Beats
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The Beats: A Graphic History
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Contents
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11.
Introduction
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12.
The Beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs
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[no title indexed]
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Jack Kerouac
The Beats: A Graphic History -
15.
Allen Ginsberg
The Beats: A Graphic History -
16.
William S. Burroughs
The Beats: A Graphic History -
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The Beats: Perspectives
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[no title indexed]
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The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance
The Beats: A Graphic History -
20.
Michael McClure
The Beats: A Graphic History -
21.
Philip Whalen
The Beats: A Graphic History -
22.
Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area
The Beats: A Graphic History -
23.
Robert Duncan
The Beats: A Graphic History -
24.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Beats: A Graphic History -
25.
Gregory Corso
The Beats: A Graphic History -
26.
Leroi Jones/ Amiri Baraka
The Beats: A Graphic History -
27.
Charles Olson
The Beats: A Graphic History -
28.
Robert Creeley
The Beats: A Graphic History -
29.
City Lights & The Beats in San Francisco
The Beats: A Graphic History -
30.
Kenneth Patchen
The Beats: A Graphic History -
31.
Lamantia
The Beats: A Graphic History -
32.
Gary Snyder
The Beats: A Graphic History -
33.
Diane di Prima
The Beats: A Graphic History -
34.
The Janitor
The Beats: A Graphic History -
35.
Beatnik Chicks
The Beats: A Graphic History -
36.
Jay Defeo: The Rose
The Beats: A Graphic History -
37.
Art Beats
The Beats: A Graphic History -
38.
Jazz and Poetry
The Beats: A Graphic History -
39.
The Harassment of d.a. levy
The Beats: A Graphic History -
40.
Tuli Kupferberg
The Beats: A Graphic History -
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[no title indexed]
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About Our Artists and Writers
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Acknowledgments
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