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In the Wilderness

Casanova Frankenstein

In the Wilderness is an intimate look into the rich inner life of an odd-man-out comics creator. In a series of wryly funny autobiographical vignettes, Casanova Frankenstein endures schoolyard bullies, fumbles through ill-fated romances, and grapples with the anxieties of being a black weirdo.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Fantagraphics Underground - Fu Press
  • Publish Date: Apr 16th, 2019
  • Pages: 96
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.00in - 8.00in - 0.20in - 0.40lb
  • EAN: 9781683962281
  • Categories: Nonfiction - Biography & MemoirAfrican American & BlackLiterary

About the Author

Frankenstein, Casanova: - Casanova Frankenstein was a Gen-X latchkey-kid, raised on the incongruous influences of '70s-era Chicago UHF TV-programming and American-hypocrisy. He earned degrees in Fine Art and Metaphysics and produced art, poetry, and comics (In The Wilderness, which he wrote and drew, was published by Fantagraphics in 2019). He worked a 25-year string of Kafkaesque day jobs while maintaining a strict personal code. Retiring early in 2016 due to health issues, he remains a combination of James Baldwin, Charles Bukowski, and Mad Max -- but 20-years ahead of his time.