The Beats: A Graphic History (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Nicely done. I enjoyed this, quick and easy i say. Makes it look like Enid from "Ghost world" put down her Ravi Shankar records and doodled some Jacky K. (Harmony Korine did some work here !)” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “This superficial history reads like a brief, uncritical encyclopedia article on the Beats that a variety of artists decided to illustrate. The one exception is Joyce Brabner's piece about "Beatnik Chicks" that highlights the sexism of the movement, which is often conveniently overlooked. No fan...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Nicely done. I enjoyed this, quick and easy i say. Makes it look like Enid from "Ghost world" put down her Ravi Shankar records and doodled some Jacky K.
  
  (Harmony Korine did some work here !)”

  Grouchy Marxist wrote this review Saturday, September 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This is well done - quite informative! The Beats is an excellent example of how a graphic book might accomplish it's goals better than a written history. I recommend it!!”

  prctaxman wrote this review Friday, August 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “This superficial history reads like a brief, uncritical encyclopedia article on the Beats that a variety of artists decided to illustrate. The one exception is Joyce Brabner's piece about "Beatnik Chicks" that highlights the sexism of the movement, which is often conveniently overlooked. No fan of the Beats, I found nothing in here to change my mind or inspire me to read more by them.”

  Mike VC wrote this review Thursday, June 11 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No