Comedian and performer Andy Kaufmans various shocking personas (woman-hating wrestler, inept foreign stand-up comic) were so committed and so convincing that all but his closest family and friends were completely taken in. But the truth about Kaufman is even more shocking: he was an utter sweetheart. Why would someone as gentle-natured and sensitive as Andy Kaufman build an entire career seeking the hatred of his audience? What drives a performer to solicit that reaction? With the same nuance and sympathy with which he approached Andre the Giant in his 2014 biography, graphic novelist Box Brown takes on the complex and often hilarious life of Andy Kaufman, whose career included one of the best ever Elvis impressions, a still-legendary professional wrestling feud, and a beloved character on one of the all-time greatest sit-coms.This remarkable life was cut short when Kaufman died of cancer at 35and Brown also examines the persistent conspiracy theories about Kaufmans death that arise every few years. Andy Kaufman livesif not in real life, then certainly in his lingering influence on American culture.