{"product_id":"smahtguy-the-life-and-times-of-barney-frank-paperback","title":"Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Orner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Orner, the acclaimed cartoonist of one of the country's most popular and longest-running gay comic strips, \u003ci\u003eThe Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green\u003c\/i\u003e, presents his debut graphic novel--a dazzling, irreverent biography of the iconic and iconoclastic Barney Frank, one of the first gay and out congressmen and a front-line defender of civil rights. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat are the odds that a disheveled, zaftig, closeted kid with the thickest of Jersey accents might wind up running Boston on behalf of a storied Irish Catholic political machine, drafting the nation's first gay rights laws, reforming Wall Street after the Great Recession, and finding love, after a lifetime assuming that he couldn't and wouldn't? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSmahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank, \u003c\/i\u003eone of America's first out members of Congress and a gay and civil rights crusader for an era is confirmed as a hero of our age. But more than a biography of an indispensable LGBTQ pioneer, this funny, beautifully rendered, warts-and-all graphic account reveals the down-and-dirty inner workings of Boston and DC politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Frank's longtime staff counsel and press secretary, Eric Orner lends his first-hand perspective to this extraordinary work of history, paying tribute to the mighty striving of committed liberals to defend ordinary Americans from an assault on their shared society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Orner\u003c\/b\u003e is a former Congressional aide to Barney Frank and the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the country's most popular and longest-running gay comic strips. A feature film of the same title appeared in 2005, the same year that Orner retired the comic strip. Orner has also published comic strips and illustrations in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. His cartoon story \"Weekends Abroad\" was included in Houghton Mifflin's \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics 2011\u003c\/i\u003e. Orner lives in New York and \u003ci\u003eSmahtguy\u003c\/i\u003e is his first graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.5 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47478843408562,"sku":"9781250191588","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9897a0747d6d726381826b006e195f34.webp?v=1779225946","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/smahtguy-the-life-and-times-of-barney-frank-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}