Maxon: Art Out of Chaos

by Malcolm Whyte, Robert Crumb (Forward)

The long-awaited biography of Maxon Crumb was published by Fantagraphics Underground Press November 2018, in a paperback edition. Word Play Publications, however, is proud to announce its publishing of a unique, hardcover edition limited to only 26 copies, each lettered A to Z and signed by Mr. Whyte.

Maxon Crumb — artist, author, and yogi — embarked on a cross-country odyssey to conquer one severe challenge after another: a brutal childhood, crushing sibling rivalry, lost love, death threats, and debilitating disease.

Each absorbing chapter in MAXON: Art Out of Chaos recounts the agonizing steps Maxon took to succeed. In the process he restores frayed family ties while maturing into a fiercely independent innovator whose art and writings are as provocative and colorful as they are complex and imaginative.

Excerpts from Maxon's writings, anecdotes from his brother Robert Crumb, and a gallery of Maxon's stunning artworks crown an inspiring story of a man who bares his magical world to us through ink, oil, metal, wood, and word.

Genres: Comics

140 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2018

About the author

Malcolm Whyte is an author, editor, publisher, and founder of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. Whyte lives in Marin County, California with his wife, author Karen Cross Whyte. He has produced nearly 200 books, 45 of which he has written or co-written. His taste is for unique, offbeat ideas with a sense of good humor and produced with an eye for color and beautiful graphics as represented by The Original Old Radio Game (possibly the world's first trivia book) from 1965 to Maxon: Art out of Chaos, FU (Fantagraphics Underground) Press, 2018.

(biography from wikipedia.org)

Reviews

[Sonic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Malcolm Whyte did an amazing job on this. And I'm in it starting the bottom of page 61! I'M FAMOUS.

[Victor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maxon's work throughout is five star quality. What I wouldn't give for a female art critic to have had an essay on his work & life included in this odd little bio.