The career of Jay Lynch, cartoonist, satirist, and counterculture archivist, spanned more than six decades and displayed his many graphic talents in a vast array of contexts and media. Ink & Anguish includes his cartoon memoirs in collaboration with Ed Piskor (Hip'Hop Family Tree, Xmen: Grand Design), as well as a vast array of his comics, a sampling of his novelty and promotional work, and acrylic paintings. Lynch also narrates his life story throughout the book, in a half-century series of interviews and correspondence with comic historian Patrick Rosenkranz.