Generation Ecch: A Brutal Feel-Up Session with Today's Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace

by Jason Cohen and Michael Krugman

Book Overview

Haunted by the spectre of the Beats and the Boomers, the Hippies and the Punks, today's twentysomethings are desperate for anything that gives them a generational self-image.

This waggishly ironic book takes a riotous jab at the Generation X/twentysomething phenomenon and examines various aspects of their pop culture, including music, literature, and politics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671886940
• ISBN13: 9780671886943
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Over a decade later...

And this book still delivers...at least to anyone with any kind of sentimental hold or vague idea of what the mid 90's held. Razor sharp wit, hilarious takes on genre movies, balls kickings for all things pop, and excellent comics by the great Evan Dorkin. I've gone through two copies of this book since the original purchase in '95 (I think..) and still pick it up at least once a year to give it a read.

The Precursor to Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs

I was readingSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto and i was struck how it really feels like an updated or at least more recent version of this book, sans the brilliant illustrations by Evan Dorkin and biting commentary. I went through my gloriously awkward teenage years during the 90's and as such I think i fell or could relate to most of the sociological pratfalls and trends described in this book. This book is a great time capsule of its time period and should be read by anyone who ever thought brett easton ellis was a genius, wore a flannel, or went to a rave.

A great parody of pop culture

These guys are brilliant. I have never lent a book to so many people, people pick this up and then ask to borrow it. The book is really sharp about a lot of Generation X stuff - I have to admit to having read most of Couplands dubious prose, and this is chopped up beautifully. The book is getting a little dated - It would be interesting to see if 16 year olds got all the references now. It's about time they wrote a new book along similar lines. The internet should provide them with heaps of new subject matter !

Nailed The 90's

Jason Cohen & Michael Krugman are two very jaded people. That's why I loved this book. I'm amazed how a book released in the mid 90's can nail the entire decade so perfectly. Both authors should never write a book again. They will never top Generation Ecch!

Dead on and dead funny

This book is 4 years old, yet it still hits home with smart bomb accuracy. Perfect for anyone who is fed up with film snobs, pop culture 'experts' and people who express their individuality by dressing, acting, and thinking like....everyone else expressing their individuality.