introduction by Art Spiegelman  <<•>>  We were a tad skeptical when we first got wind of this re-issue of one of the undisputed classics of the underground era of comics that it would justify its hefty price tag:  but all of our doubts vanished as soon as this splediferous volume emerged from the box it arrived in.  This is a fabulous, gilded and embossed hardcover edition that is a whopping 10" x 14" and reproduces the entire original classic comic book directly from the black & white, pen & ink original, using full color reproduction.  What this means is that you can really see the original art in all its imperfect glory:  white-out, blue pencil, inadvertent stains – all are clearly on display, rendering the creative process visible, and allowing the reader to really see the art that brought this major comics milestone into being.  As for describing the work itself, we'll hand that job off to these highly esteemed commentators:  "Justin Green – he's out of his mind.  I love every stroke of his nervous pen, every tortured scratch he ever scrawled.  He was among the top storytelling artists of the first wave of 'underground' comics, a darkly humorous social commentator, and the FIRST, absolutely the FIRST EVER cartoonist to draw highly personal autobiographical comics.  Binky Brown started many other cartoonists along the same path, myself included."  – R. Crumb  <•> "With Binky Brown, comics went  practically overnight from being an art form that saw from the outside in to one that sees from the inside out.  (Justin Green's) internal struggle can practically be felt in the drawings themselves, the style sometimes changing from panel to panel – sometimes even within the panels themselves – all in a effort to simply arrive at The Truth.  Comics wouldn't be what they are today without this book, and this new edition places it in its proper place in the comics literary canon.  Thank God for Binky Brown.  And thank God for Justin Green."  – Chris Ware  <•>  "I like it very much but I don't get the slang." – Federico Fellini  <•> Is there really anything more left to be said?  If those endorsements don't sell you, nothing will!