{"product_id":"cruisin-with-the-hound","title":"Cruisin' with the Hound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"They were all there, the pimps, the fags, the whores, the curious, the alcoholic, the weird of the late '50s... blues lovers, Canadian bikers, thrill seekers, junkies, insomniacs, hepcats...\"\u003c\/em\u003e So begins \"Down at the Kitty Kat,\" one of the 20-plus never-before-collected memoirs and yarns by Spain Rodriguez, one of the original gang of \u003cem\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/em\u003e provocateurs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he's best known for his two-fisted tales of the chopper-riding Trashman, Spain's blunt graphic style and uncompromising gift for caricature, rendered in eye-punishing slabs of black and white, work equally well for more subtle fare - such as these memoirs of his misspent youth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCruisin' with the Hound\u003c\/em\u003e ranges from Spain's days as an innocent young churchgoer to his time as a member of the Road Vultures motorcycle gang, with stops along the way for his discoveries of science fiction and other, more adult pursuits (\"The Birth of Porn\") - as well as the \"The Education of an Underground Cartoonist,\" describing his journey from a pimply Captain Marvel-reading scribbler to his arrival as a professional artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the heart of this collection is a cycle of stories (originally published in the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eBlab!\u003c\/em\u003e magazine) set during Spain's teenage days in the 1950s, often featuring the doomed, dot-eyed Fred Tooté, a wild, flaky character in whose company some of his wildest escapades occurred. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaunchy, hilarious, and often violent as hell, \u003cem\u003eCruisin' with the Hound\u003c\/em\u003e is an unsentimentally nostalgic trip to half a century ago - the anti-\u003cem\u003eHappy Days\u003c\/em\u003e, set to a true rock 'n' roll beat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spain Rodriguez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42849587888189,"sku":"9781606994610","price":29.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781606994610_28f83ce4-2d12-43d5-ade8-8009fb4deb38.jpg?v=1767038551","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/cruisin-with-the-hound","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}