{"product_id":"masterpiece-comics-9781897299845","title":"Masterpiece Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eHILARIOUS PARODIES OF CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGINED WITH CLASSIC COMICS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics \u003c\/i\u003eadapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of twentieth-century comics. Dense with exclamation marks and lurid colors, R. Sikoryak's parodies remind us of the sensational excesses of the canon, or, if you prefer, of the economical expressiveness of classic comics from \u003ci\u003eBatman \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eGarfield\u003c\/i\u003e. In \"Blond Eve,\" Dagwood and Blondie are ejected from the Garden of Eden into their archetypal suburban home; Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray is reimagined as a foppish Little Nemo; and Camus's Stranger becomes a brooding, chain-smoking Golden Age Superman. Other source material includes Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, bubblegum wrappers, superhero comics, kid cartoons, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSikoryak's classics have appeared in landmark anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eRAW \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDrawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are collected in \u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, along with brilliant new graphic literary satires. His drawings have appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Onion, Mad, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNickelodeon Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897299845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.06h x 9.22w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2009 pg. 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2009 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010 pg. 127\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"R. Sikoryak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084252938421,"sku":"9781897299845","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_65b21901-721d-4ce1-94dd-7c7eed881aff.jpg?v=1692113100","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/masterpiece-comics-9781897299845","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}