The Be-Bop Barbarians: A Graphic Novel

by Gary Phillips

Book Overview

In the turbulent era of late 1950s Manhattan--with jazz, the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, and the Red Scare as the volatile ingredients--three groundbreaking black cartoonists defy convention and pay the price.

Cliff Murphy is matinee handsome, a light-skinned, straight-haired black man and a comics artist known for his glamour girl art. He's black uptown and white downtown, and he has an eye for the ladies, and they for him--including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681777762
• ISBN13: 9781681777764
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"