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Author: Lee Foster "His career hamstrung by bipolar disorder and stints in psychiatric hospitals, Daniel Johnston first found acclaim as an unguarded and guileless songwriter in th e late '80s with tunes that cut instantly to the emotional quick. But he drew obsessively for more than half a century, too, creating a cosmos of characters -- affable ghosts, flying eyeballs, his famously friendly frog, Jeremiah -- that revealed his insecurities and hopes, sexual frustrations and religious aspirations ... Daniel Johnston: I'm Afraid of What I Might Draw is the first authoritative collection of Johnston's art and a revelation about how he experienced the world." -- The New York Times "The talents of the late American musician Daniel Johnston first came to light when he worked at McDonald's in Austin, Texas, in the mid-1980s, where he would give customers homemade tapes of his alternative and lo-fi music. This book focuses on the drawings he made alongside his musical career. The colorful illustrations give new insight into the childlike quality of his songwriting." -- Financial Times, HTSI Show more