{"product_id":"macdoodle-st-9781681373423","title":"MacDoodle St.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of legendary absurdist comic strips about life in 1970s New York City, now available in print for the first time in over thirty years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery week, from 1978 to 1980, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e brought a new installment of Mark Alan Stamaty's uproarious, endlessly inventive strip \u003ci\u003eMacDoodle St.\u003c\/i\u003e Centering more or less on Malcolm Frazzle, a blocked poet struggling to complete his latest lyric for \u003ci\u003eDishwasher Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, Stamaty's creation encompassed a dizzying array of characters, stories, jokes, and digressions. One week might feature the ongoing battle between irate businessmen and bearded beatniks for control of a Greenwich Village coffee shop, the next might reveal a dastardly plot involving a genetically engineered dishwashing monkey, or the frustrated dreams of an irascible, over-caffeinated painter, or the mysterious visions of a duffle-coated soothsayer on the bus. Not to mention the variable moods and longings of the comic strip itself.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd somehow, in the end, it all fits together. \u003ci\u003eMacDoodle St. \u003c\/i\u003eis more than just a hilarious weekly strip; it is a great comic novel, a thrilling, surprising, unexpectedly moving ode to art, life, and New York City. This new edition features a brand-new, twenty-page autobiographical comic by Stamaty explaining what happened next and why \u003ci\u003eMacDoodle St. \u003c\/i\u003enever returned, in a unique, funny, and poignant look at the struggles and joys of being an artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681373423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 10.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Alan Stamaty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925148209333,"sku":"9781681373423","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0065af2f-9187-40d0-a780-d6be0c1e2423.jpg?v=1687846512","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/macdoodle-st-9781681373423","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}