{"product_id":"the-life-and-death-of-fritz-the-cat-9798875001383","title":"The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat","description":"Robert Crumb's first iconic character -- and still possibly his most -- was Fritz the Cat: the horny, high, hipster feline whose wild adventures and sexual escapades captivated countercultural audiences from the mid-'60s until 1972, when Ralph Bakshi turned the strips into an X-rated animated film that Crumb hated so much, he famously killed off the character and never returned to him. \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Death of Fritz the Cat\u003c\/em\u003e contains all the Fritz stories from the earliest sketchbook-drawn tales (\"Hey, Ol' Cat!\" and \"Fritz Comes On Strong\") to the wild adventure stories (\"Special Agent for the C.I.A.\") to the classic \"peak\" Fritz stories (\"Fritz the No-Good\") all the way to the despairing \"Fritz the Cat, Superstar\" with its infamous icepick ending. Plus an introduction by Crumb, sketchbook pages, and more in a new paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrumb, R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Philadelphia, \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Crumb\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of America's most celebrated artists. Thrust reluctantly into fame as a defining voice of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture with comic strips like \u003cem\u003eFritz the Cat, Mr. Natural\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKeep on Truckin'\u003c\/em\u003e, then again in the 1990s with the acclaimed documentary \u003cem\u003eCrumb\u003c\/em\u003e and more recently the 2025 biography \u003cem\u003eCrumb: A Cartoonist's Life\u003c\/em\u003e, he continues to push himself and his chosen medium from his home in the south of France.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864345837842,"sku":"9798875001383","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d146626-0186-4fb8-bc53-ff9d979a474c.jpg?v=1768304768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-life-and-death-of-fritz-the-cat-9798875001383","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}