Title: Introducing Kafka
First published: 1994
Description: Introducing Kafka, also known as R. Crumb's Kafka, is an illustrated biography of Franz Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb. The book includes comic adaptations of some of Kafka's most famous works including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and The Judgment, as well as brief sketches of his three novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. The book also details Kafka's biography in a format that is part illustrated essay, part sequential comic panels.

The book focuses on the biographical details of Kafka's life, interspersed with illustrated vignettes from his writing. The author relates Kafka's personality and various incidents in his life to the composition of his stories. For example, Kafka's complicated relationship with his family is linked to stories where the main character is an animal – notably The Metamorphosis, whose protagonist, Gregor Samsa, awakens to find himself transformed into a giant bug, and becomes a burden on his family.
Subjects: Austrian Authors, Authors, Austrian, Biography, Caricatures and cartoons, German fiction, Comic, Fiction, general, Comics & graphic novels, general, Literature, Comic books, strips
People: Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PT2621.A26 Z7697 1994