About the Author

Manuel Rodriguez (1940-2012), better known as Spain, was one of the great American underground and socially conscious cartoonists.

Reviews

Spain Rodriguez is one of the legends of the original underground comics wave, and he tells his own origin story in Cruisin' with the Hound... [It] gives a real flavor both of Rodriguez's work -- which was so different in its point of view than the other underground comics of the late '60s and early '70s -- and from whence it came.--Noel Murray "The A.V. Club"

This collection of autobiographical stories, accompanied by a long excerpt from a biographical interview with him, is one of Fantagraphics' best production jobs as well as a helluva satisfying window on an era -- the fifties -- that American culture can't let go of. [Starred Review]--Ray Olson "Booklist"