{"product_id":"cruisin-with-the-hound-the-life-and-times-of-fred-toote-9781606994610","title":"Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Spain Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"They were all there, the pimps, the fags, the whores, the curious, the alcoholic, the weird of the late '50s... blues lovers, Canadian bikers, thrill seekers, junkies, insomniacs, hepcats...\"\u003c\/em\u003e So begins \"Down at the Kitty Kat,\" one of the 20-plus never-before-collected memoirs and yarns by Spain Rodriguez, one of the original gang of \u003cem\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/em\u003e provocateurs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although he's best known for his two-fisted tales of the chopper-riding Trashman, Spain's blunt graphic style and uncompromising gift for caricature, rendered in eye-punishing slabs of black and white, work equally well for more subtle fare -- such as these memoirs of his misspent youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCruisin' with the Hound\u003c\/em\u003e ranges from Spain's days as an innocent young churchgoer to his time as a member of the Road Vultures motorcycle gang, with stops along the way for his discoveries of science fiction and other, more adult pursuits (\"The Birth of Porn\") -- as well as the \"The Education of an Underground Cartoonist,\" describing his journey from a pimply Captain Marvel-reading scribbler to his arrival as a professional artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But the heart of this collection is a cycle of stories (originally published in the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eBlab!\u003c\/em\u003e magazine) set during Spain's teenage days in the 1950s, often featuring the doomed, dot-eyed Fred Toot�, a wild, flaky character in whose company some of his wildest escapades occurred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Raunchy, hilarious, and often violent as hell, \u003cem\u003eCruisin' with the Hound\u003c\/em\u003e is an unsentimentally nostalgic trip to half a century ago -- the anti-\u003cem\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/em\u003e, set to a true rock 'n' roll beat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46316682444951,"sku":"9781606994610","price":1947.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781606994610.webp?v=1767710081","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cruisin-with-the-hound-the-life-and-times-of-fred-toote-9781606994610","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}