Saturday, December 29, 2012

A Kerouac cartoon

The below cartoon was recently posted on the Jack Kerouac Facebook page. The poster couldn't identify the cartoonist - maybe a Daily Beat reader can help - and said he found it tucked inside Tom Clark's Kerouac biography.

It's not too flattering to our hero, but I thought Daily Beat readers would find it of interest. Kerouac fans know that you have to be larger than life to deserve such a lampooning, and we can take it in stride.


3 comments:

Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...

Mystery solved. The cartoonist is Tim Bradford. http://books.guardian.co.uk/timbradford/page/0,,1286713,00.html

Tim Bradford said...

Hi Rick - I am a massive Kerouac fan but you should never hesitate to have a gentle pop at your heroes. This was part of a short season called Writers' Workshop which appeared in The Guardian Saturday Review section in summer 2004 - other cartoons included the Brontes, Dickens, Joyce, Samuel Johnson and Kafka.

(Incidentally my favourite novel is Dharma Bums - a friend has just given me back my beloved and ancient paperback that I originally bought in a secondhand bookshop in Houston. Tiny writing but it smells of the 1970s.)

Cheers, Tim

http://www.timbradford.com

Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...

Tim, we agree. The Dharma Bums is my favorite as well. Thanks for the website - check it out, Daily Beat readers!