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Bob Levin
Writer of fiction and non-fiction

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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.2003

The Pirates and the Mouse: Disney's War Against the Counterculture

In 1971, the San Francisco-based cartoonist Dan O'Neill decided that his contribution to the cultural revolution would be the destruction of Walt Disney. With a group he tagged The Air Pirates, he put out two issues of a comic book that placed Disney characters in most un-Disneylike situations. And then he provoked Disney into suing them. The ensuing litigation lasted ten years.

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2008

Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester

As cartoon editor and chief cartoonist for HUSTLER magazine, Dwaine's Tinsley's most notable creation was Chester the Molester, a monthly gag cartoon about a hulking middle aged man, who had a predilection toward pre-pubescent girls. And then his 19-year-old daughter accused him of five years sexual abuse.

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2005

Outlaws, Rebels, Freethinkers, Pirates & Pornographers

Explores the byways and back roads of creative genius in as off-beat a collection of characters this side of a carnival midway.

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PUBLISHED: Mar.31.1995

Fully Armed

The story of a relationship between Bob Levin, a workers' compensation lawyer in Berkeley, and Jimmy Don Polk, a disabled, homeless, pan handler. Parts are true and parts are not, but which is which is not always clear. Termed "a novel" when published, its author has always believed "biographic fiction" to be a more accurate classification. It is really a...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.31.1978

The Best Ride to New York

An existential sports novel, in the tradition of THE HUSTLER and FAT CITY, about a minor league basketball player in western Pennsylvania.

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Bob's Latest Blogs

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May.21.2012 - 11:25 am

We Are the 33%

The sixth in my series of pieces relating my heart attack-related experiences has gone up at http://www.broadstreetreview.com/index.php/main/article/...

May.05.2012 - 7:43 am

If You Like (Offbeat) Movies

Let me call to the attention of the 30 or 40 people who seem to read my blog shebloggedbynight.com (or, if that doesn't work, bloggedbynight.blogspot.com). Each month she...

May.04.2012 - 7:32 am

If You Like Jazz

I forget. Maybe I already blogged this. But a reminder can't hurt. So, www.jazzonthetube.com is a site which sends free jazz videos to members daily. ...

May.01.2012 - 12:11 pm

Manny and Bill; Willie and Joe

My latest piece, joining among others Bill Ayers (on dinner with Tucker Carlson), Amiri Baraka (on the evil of charter schools), Aram Saroyan (on Diane Arbus) and Scott Spencer (...

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Apr.30.2012 - 6:40 am

In response to: For Those of a Certain Age

oh my

Dolores- Thanks for taking the trouble to comment. You snapped my streak of consecutive, unresponded to blogs at...

Jan.11.2012 - 8:56 am

In response to: Steelers lose; Tebow amazes

Hue Jackson

When Chris asked about the firing, living in a bit of a bubble, I thought, What's he talking about? He must...

Jan.10.2012 - 8:35 am

In response to: Steelers lose; Tebow amazes

Tebow

Chris- I was hoping the Steeler's crushing of the hated Broncos, here in shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot-several-times...

Jan.09.2012 - 6:15 pm

In response to: RFK

RFK

Thanks for taking the trouble to comment, Charles. We VISTAs were precluded from working for candidates, among...

Sep.23.2011 - 7:36 am

In response to: Latest Publication

This is a test to see if Red

This is a test to see if Red Room will automatically notify me when someone had commented to my blog.

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Article: The revolt of the ’60s: Blame it on the movies

Lurid and fascinating... loathsome (and)... compelling. ”

—UTNE Reader

About Bob

Bob Levin was born in Philadelphia March 14, 1942. Since 1968, he has lived in Berkeley with his wife Adele, a writer and retired psychotherapist. A retired attorney, he represented the injured in workers' compensation cases for more than 40 years. Levin is...

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