MISFIT

When the world tells you to just fit in, MISFIT: A Survival Guide urges you to be original, ditch conformity, and forge your own path. Sean Mortimer, celebrated writer of books on subculture icons Tony Hawk, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Michelle Steilen (aka Estro Jen), provides the ultimate guide to living a more fulfilling life by embracing your inner misfit.

Through tracing the subcultures of punk, skateboarding, and comics, Mortimer shows how innovation and creativity are natural byproducts of misfit life. From awkward adolescence to teenage angst, to unique adulthood, he provides a raw road map to prevent trying to fit in and instead invert the pain of social rejection into an incredibly positive and powerful opportunity to live an original life.

MISFIT is essentially a self-help book for people who hate self-help books! With 20-30 original line drawings, and stories with words of wisdom from subculture icons like Hawk, Mothersbaugh (DEVO co-founder, lead singer), Lizzie Armanto (iconic female pro-skater, Ben Harper (Grammy-winning musician), Shepard Fair (artist, activist, and OBEY Clothing founder), Rodney Mullen (skate legend and Ted Talk speaker), Stacy Peralta (skate pioneer and filmmaker), Ed Templeton (pro artist with works in MOMA), and Tony Guerrero (skater, brand owner, and musician), this guide will demonstrate how readers can find the will to break rules, fight blind obedience and the "normal", and spark curiosity leading to a more open-minded, fulfilling, and unique approach to life.

Sean Mortimer is a professionally sponsored skateboarder, and the former editor of Skateboarder magazine. He is the author of STALEFISH: Skateboard Culture from the Rejects Who Made It, HAWK: Occupation: Skateboarder (with Tony Hawk; sold over 100,000 copies) and THE MUTT: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself (with Rodney Mullen; sold over 40,000 copies). Mortimer lives in California with his wife and son.