Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman Box Brown 9781626723160

Comedian and performer Andy Kaufman's resume was impressive-a popular role on the beloved sitcom Taxi, a high-profile stand-up career, and a surprisingly successful stint in professional wrestling. Although he was by all accounts a sensitive and thoughtful person, he's ironically best remembered for his various contemptible personas, which were so committed and so convincing that all but his closest family and friends were completely taken in. Why would someone so gentle-natured and sensitive build an entire career seeking the hatred of his audience? What drives a performer to solicit that reaction? With the same nuance and sympathy with which he approached Andre the Giant in his 2014 biography, graphic novelist Box Brown takes on the complex and often hilarious life of Andy Kaufman.

From New York Times bestselling author Box Brown, a fascinating biography of shock comedian and amateur wrestler Andy Kaufman.

About the Author
Box Brown is an Ignatz Award - winning cartoonist, illustrator, and comic publisher from Philadelphia. His books include the New York Times - bestselling Andre the Giant: Life and Legend and Tetris. Box Brown's independent comics publishing house, Retrofit Comics, was launched in 2011. Visit him online at boxbrown.com


Book Information
ISBN 9781626723160
Author Box Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint First Second
Publisher Roaring Brook Press
Weight(grams) 411g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 151mm * 20mm