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This graphic history collects a series of illustrated vignettes that explore the lives, works, and cultural impact of the Beat Generation writers, including figures like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. The book combines comic-style storytelling with historical context to depict the movement's origins, key events, and literary contributions. It was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2009.
Contains 25 stories
Jack Kerouac
Jack KerouacEdie ParkerSammy SampasJoan VollmerLucien Carr (cameo)William S. BurroughsDave Kammerer (cameo)Allen GinsbergHerbert Huncke (cameo)Neal CassadyCarolyn Robinson (cameo)John Clellon Holmes (cameo)Nin Kerouac (cameo)Joan HavertyRobert 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)
Allen Ginsberg
Allen GinsbergPeter Orlovsky (cameo)Salvador Dali (cameo)Jack KerouacWilliam S. BurroughsLawrence Ferlinghetti (cameo)Dame Edith Sitwell (cameo)Neal CassadyJoe 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)
William S. Burroughs
William S. BurroughsAllen GinsbergJack KerouacJoan VollmerHerbert Huncke (cameo)Norman Mailer (cameo)Anthony Balch (cameo)
The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance
Kenneth Rexroth
Michael McClure
Michael McClure
Philip Whalen
Philip Whalen
Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area
William EversonRobinson Jeffers
Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Gregory Corso
Gregory CorsoAllen Ginsberg (cameo)
Leroi Jones/ Amiri Baraka
Leroi Jones [Amiri Baraka]
Charles Olson
Charles OlsonJohn Cage (cameo)
Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley
City Lights & The Beats in San Francisco
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)
Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen
Lamantia
Philip LamantiaAndre 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)
Gary Snyder
Gary SnyderPhilip Whalen (cameo)Lew Welch (cameo)
Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima
The Janitor
Slim Brundage
Beatnik Chicks
Jan Kerouac (cameo)Diane di PrimaHettie JonesJoan Kerouac (cameo)Joyce JohnsonCarolyn CassadyJack Kerouac (cameo)Allen Ginsberg (cameo)Elise CowanLeroi JonesNeal Cassady
Jay Defeo: The Rose
Jay DefeoWally Hedrick
Art Beats
Jackson PollockJack Kerouac (cameo)Willem De Kooning (cameo)Franz Kline (cameo)Larry Rivers
Jazz and Poetry
Kenneth RexrothDave Tough (cameo)Charles Mingus (cameo)Kenneth Patchen (cameo)Bob Kaufman (cameo)Steve Allen (cameo)Jack Kerouac (cameo)Al Cohn (cameo)Zoot Sims (cameo)
The Harassment of d.a. levy
d.a. levy [Daryll Allen Levy]Allen Ginsberg (cameo)Doug Blazek (cameo)Gary Snyder (cameo)
Tuli Kupferberg
Tuli KupferbergEd SandersKen WeaverSteve WeberPeter StampfelHarry SmithVelvet Underground (cameo)
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Full credits
writer Harvey Pekar
artist, inker, letterer Ed Piskor
Reprints
Reprinted in The Beats - Die Geschichte der Beat-Literatur #[nn] (2010), De Beat Generation: Een graphic novel #[nn] (2013), Lunch #4/2024 (2024)
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