IN THE WILDERNESS Paperback by Casanova Frankenstein

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (2019-04-16)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 96 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781683962281
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Autobiographical comics vignettes of being a black weirdo.

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.

About the Author

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.