Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester - Softcover

Levin, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560979194 ISBN 13: 9781560979197

Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2008

Synopsis

by Bob Levin
In May 1989, Dwaine Tinsley stood at the summit of an unlikely career. As cartoon editor for Larry Flynt's notorious Hustler magazine, he had assembled a staff of pen-and-White-Out-wielding Lenny Bruces whose unprecendentedly offensive socio-sexual cartoons had spearheaded that publication's fight against the forces of censorship and repression that sought to overthrow the political and cultural gains of the 1960s. His primary personal contribution was "Chester the Molester," a hulking middle-aged man who craved pre-pubescent girls. And then Tinsley's teenaged daughter accused him of sexually violating her over the course of five years. Most Outrageous is the story of the trial of Flynt's most notorious protege. Bob Levin's writings have established him as the most thought-provoking chronicler of cartoonists today. While focusing upon the work and lives of the most off-beat creators in the field in order to champion the pursuit of individual vision, he has explored issues common to artists of every medium. Most Outrageous carries his search into new, unsettling ground.

About this title

About the Author:

Bob Levin lives in Berkeley, CA with his wife and collaborator, Adele. He practices law when he isn't writing books.

Review:

“Levin is unflinching here, but never without the grace, skill and sensitivity...that has come to mark his writing.”
- Comic Book Resources

“There’s no one better writing about the comics industry today.”
- Comic Book Resources

“One of the most moving, compelling and important books Fantagraphics will publish this year... what makes it great is the way it touches upon issues of how art and life intersect in often ugly ways... how heartrendingly clumsy our legal system is at uncovering the ‘truth.’”
- Chris Mautner, Newsarama

“A thoughtful mediation on the role and purpose of offensive satire, in cartoon form and out of it...”
- Brian Doherty, Reason Magazine

“Worth every word written about comics last year...it is the best book ever written about a cartoonist.”
- The Comics Reporter

“Among the great essays on human frailty.”
- The Oregonian

“Leaves the reader reeling as the criminal-justice system struggles with crimes against trust and truth.”
- R. C. Baker, The Village Voice

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1560979194
• ISBN 13: 9781560979197
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200