Fish

In Defense of Naked Women by Mr. Fish is a riotous collection of cartoons, illustrations, personal essays, culture-war correspondence, and interviews with famous intellectual and artistic outlaws, who, like the author, are just trying to defuse the apocalyptic bomb that is the miracle of our Creation. Drawn, painted, and collaged in Mr. Fish's many virtuosic styles, Naked Women is an...

Created in the 1960s, The Party takes place in the Hamptons. It's attended by captains of industry, tycoons, magnates, moguls, and various undistinguishable fat cats, luxuriating in their tuxedos, evening gowns, and prattling small talk. The depiction of one grotesquerie after another—often couples—cavorting through the haze of booze and caviar, with the occasional wanton display of sybaritically libidinal impulse. Ungerer...