"The Beats: A Graphic History" (2009)

New York City: Hill and Wang (book, comic, biography), 2009.
9.25" x 6.25" x 0.75", 200 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, ISBN 978-0-8090-9496-7.

The Beats: A Graphic History, a "graphic history" edited by Paul Buhle and published in hardcover [shown here] and softcover editions by Will and Wang (New York City). Texts by Harvey Pekar, Nancy J. Peters, Penelope Rosemont, Joyce Brabner, Trina Robbins, and Tuli Kupferberg. Art by Ed Piskor, Jay Kinney, Nick Thorkelson, Summer McClinton, Peter Kuper, Mary Fleener, Jerome Neukirch, Anne Timmons, Gary Dumm, Lance Tooks, and Jeffrey Lewis. Designed by Laura Dumm.

This includes "William S. Burroughs", a graphic comic biography of Burroughs with text by Harvey Pekar and art by Ed Piskor, pp. 78-94.  The text contains some misinformation, but it remains an engaging perspective on Burroughs. 

Contents: 

• Paul Buhle and Harvey Pekar: introduction
• "The Beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs":
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Jack Kerouac"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Allen Ginsberg"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "William S. Burroughs"
• "The Beats: Perspectives":
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Michael McClure"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Philip Whalen"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Robert Duncan"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Lawrence Ferlinghetti"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Gregory Corso"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Charles Olson"
• Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor: "Robert Creeley"
• Paul Buhle, Nancy J. Peters, and Jay Kinney: "City Lights and the Beats in San Francisco"
• Harvey Pekar and Nick Thorkelson: "Kenneth Patchen"
• Nancy J. Peters, Penelope Rosemont, and Summer McClinton: "Lamantia"
• Harvey Pekar and Peter Kuper: "Gary Snyder"
• Harvey Pekar and Mary Fleener: "Diane di Prima"
• Jerome Neukirch: "The Janitor"
• Joyce Brabner and Summer McClinton: "Beatnik Chicks"
• Trina Robbins and Anne Timmons: "Jay DeFeo: The Rose"
• Gary Dumm: "Art Beats"
• Harvey Pekar and Lance Tooks: "Jazz and Poetry"
• Harvey Pekar, Paul Buhle, and Gary Dumm: "The Harassment of d.a. levy"
• Jeffrey Lewis, Tuli Kupferberg, and Jeffrey Lewis: "Tuli Kupferberg"
• About Our Artists and Writers
• Acknowledgments