{"product_id":"artichoke-tales-9781683966753","title":"Artichoke Tales","description":"Prior to cartoonist Megan Kelso's long-awaited 2022 release, \u003cem\u003eWho Will Make the Pancakes\u003c\/em\u003e, Kelso spent six years creating her first long-form graphic novel, 2010's \u003cem\u003eArtichoke Tales\u003c\/em\u003e. The book, a fantastic family saga spanning three generations and an entire continent, was a critical smash named to many Best of 2010 lists. Fantagraphics is proud to bring this perennial classic back in print with a new paperback edition. \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eArtichoke Tales\u003c\/em\u003e is a coming-of-age story about a young girl named Brigitte whose family is caught between the two warring sides of a civil war. It takes place in a world that echoes our own, but whose people have artichoke leaves instead of hair. Influenced in equal parts by \u003cem\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Thorn Birds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, Kelso weaves a moving story about family amidst war. Kelso's visual storytelling uniquely combines delicate linework with rhythmic page compositions, creating a dramatic tension between intimate, ruminative character studies and the unflinching depiction of the consequences of war and carnage, lending cohesion and resonance to a generational epic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683966753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232","brand":"Megan Kelso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42466395259061,"sku":"9781683966753","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8b5adaa7-88f5-45bf-8c1a-151c76460866.jpg?v=1666404298","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/artichoke-tales-9781683966753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}