" Einstein in Kafkaland is crisply written, witty, and with art that evokes places in time and feelings in the way all great graphic stories should. Along with some of Einstein's important physics, you may learn just what Kafka was driving at. One man manages to convince his readers the universe is impossible to understand; it's mysterious, even hostile. The other discovers the universe is knowable, if we embrace a future determined by gravity. If that seems weird and Kafka-esque, read on." -- Bill Nye "Clever, charming, amusing, and just plain brilliant. Ken Krimstein is the most inventive graphic biographer on the planet-and certainly the only one who could explain both Einstein and Kafka. A page turner on gravity and relativity!" -- Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus, the biography that inspired the Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer "Art and science collide in Ken Krimstein's new graphic biography .

In this book, the author of the brilliant and whimsical The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt similarly translates careful research into scenic, emotive comics-in this case tracking the potential effects of an adventitious meeting in Prague between two geniuses on the cusp of world-changing discoveries." -- NPR, "Summer Books Our Critics Can't Wait to Read" "[Krimstein] engagingly chronicles a significant time period for both [Einstein and Kafka] . A fun, amusing fantasy about an important year in two icons' lives." -- Kirkus Reviews "Krimstein builds a remarkable historical fantasy that draws [Einstein and Kafka] together, each pulled along in their own way by the White Rabbit (yes, THAT White Rabbit) . readers seeking to go down the rabbit hole and feel the truth will be at home in these pages." -- Booklist "Mesmerizing. hauntingly complex and endlessly vital." -- NPR, 100 Notable Reads of 2021, on WHEN I GROW UP "[A] gifted storyteller.

It is an epic undertaking, told in tones both evocative and haunting" -- The Washington Post on WHEN I GROW UP "Gorgeous . it's packed with wit . it's a fun and, especially in a final illustration that encapsulates Arendt's hopes for a better world, inspiring work." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune on THE THREE ESCAPES OF HANNAH ARENDT "The astounding life of a 20th-century original as told by a skillful cartoonist frolicking in long form . A compelling performance with great pacing that makes abstruse political theory both intelligible and memorable." -- Kirkus, starred review, on THE THREE ESCAPES OF HANNAH ARENDT " When I Grow Up is too thoughtful to lean on gathering shadows or premonitions. Instead, Krimstein focuses on the kids and their joys . but what comes across is not threat or fear so much as promise and possibilities .

each story drawn with a wistful impermanence that recalls Jules Feiffer." -- The Chicago Tribune on WHEN I GROW UP "Read­ers will leave this book with a sense of grat­i­tude for Krimstein's inno­v­a­tive vision of a time and place, res­cued from oblivion." -- Emily Schneider, Jewish Book Council, on WHEN I GROW UP "Deeply affecting yet often joyful . Krimstein's loose-lined drawings shift between sobriety and humor, while footnotes provide context . By depicting the personalities of youth lost-with easy beauty and a lack of preciosity-rather than how they died, Krimstein conveys the depth of human and cultural loss that much more profoundly." -- Publisher's Weekly, starred review, on WHEN I GROW UP "It's remarkable how lively Krimstein makes thought look in the book . how fluidly he conveys freewheeling conversations, how nimbly he switches gears." -- The Chicago Reader on WHEN I GROW UP.