Praise for Nobody's Fool

“…virtuoso comic-strip artist Bill Griffith gives voice to a true outcast — the sideshow attraction born Simon Metz (probably) in the Bronx (probably) in 1901. He fills the biographical lacunae with vivid info on the sideshow life, Hollywood in the ’30s, and linework so rich you could eat it… this is an uplifting, wonderfully humane book.”
The New York Times

“The underlying message of Nobody’s Fool? I get it—underneath our grandiose opinions of ourselves we’re all pinheads and freaks! Nobody’s Fool is boffo! The best graphic novel of the year!”

2 STARRED REVIEWS “Griffith’s graphic biography of sideshow “freak” Schiltzie the pinhead is a captivating labor of love that integrates American sideshow history and autobiographical segments drawn from Griffith’s life and research process . . . an astonishing life, beautifully told. Or, as Schlitzie would say, it's boffo!”
Booklist, Starred Review

“A tender biographical tribute to an artist’s inspiration.”
Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Bill Griffith is the creator of the syndicated daily comic strip Zippy. Griffith’s prolific output has been included in such publications as the Village Voice, National Lampoon, and the New Yorker. According to Bartlett, Griffith coined the popular phrase “Are we having fun yet?” He lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

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