Dad Bod: Portraits of Pop Culture Papas

Funny, perceptive, and thoughtful, Cian Cruise’s Dad Bod is constantly curious about the pop culture artifacts it interrogates. Plus, he extracts parenting advice from First Blood, which no book has ever done before. Naben Ruthnum, author of A Hero of Our Time

Cian Cruise is a great writer and a great father, and a never–ending source of interesting insights. Dad Bod takes those qualities and mashes them up with the dads you know from popular culture, to figure out what it means to be a father. Misha Glouberman, co-author of The Chairs Are Where The People Go

Cian Cruise’s irreverent exploration of fatherhood in pop-culture shrouds a cosmic reverence for the teaching it contains, whether that’s in video games, television, or movies. The religious attention that the essays of Dad Bod bring to beloved media properties provide new insight not only to their subjects but also to human life and all of its deepest mysteries. André Babyn

I rarely think about the challenges of fatherhood…this book offered me a brand new perspective I have never considered. I’ve Read This blog

Dad Bod explores pop culture papas with irrepressible verve...It shines as a cultural criticism, a memoir, and a parenting guide. Foreword Reviews, starred review