'85 -- Danny Simmons

Inspired by the widely praised novel <i>Three Days as the Crow Flies</i>, Danny Simmons and Floyd Hughes present a richly illustrated graphic novel set in the gritty underworld of New York City circa 1985 -- a time and place when street culture and the fine arts scene came together in strange and often predatory ways. <p/> Crow, a junky and the son of a deceased police officer, steals a few paintings from his friend Danny, which he hopes to sell and make a few dollars off of to pay his landlord and cop some powder. Before he knows it, he's drawn into the surreal dreamland of "do-as-you-please," a hazy, hedonistic world of sex, drugs, and cold-blooded commerce. Filled with evocative black-and-white imagery and crackling with authentic, street-smart dialogue, Simmons and Hughes capture and bring to life this haunting urban tale.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Danny Simmons<br><b>Publisher:</b> Atria Books<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 96<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.51lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 10.03h x 7.53w x 0.25d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780743297813<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 12/24/2007 pg. 35<br><i>Booklist</i> 03/15/2008 pg. 39<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Danny Simmons, </b> a renowned painter of abstract-expressionist oil works, owns the Rush Arts Gallery in Manhattan and Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn. A poet and cofounder of the Def Poetry Jam performance series, he heads the Rush Philanthropic Arts Founda