THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL

There's no better writer to tell the colorful history of cocktails than David Wondrich, widely considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on cocktails and a driving force behind the early-twenty-first-century revival in the classic American art of mixing drinks.

In The Comic Book Story of the Cocktail, Wondrich teams up with comics artist Dean Kotz to trace the evolution of the cocktail. Beginning with the ancient days of wassail and hypocras (mixed drinks based on wine and beer), they narrate a tumultuous and vibrant history. Historian and senior drinks columnist for the Daily Beast, David Wondrich is one of the driving forces behind the recent revival in the classic American art of mixing drinks. A former English professor with a PhD in comparative literature, he is the award-winning author of IMBIBE, PUNCH, and the OXFORD COMPANION TO SPIRITS AND COCKTAILS and was the resident drinks expert and columnist at Esquire for nearly two decades. Originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania, Dean Kotz studied painting at West Chester University and has been working professionally in comics since 2009.