{"product_id":"masterpiece-comics-hardcover","title":"Masterpiece Comics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. Sikoryak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. Sikoryak\u003c\/b\u003e is an animator, illustrator, and cartoonist living in New York with his wife. He is in the speakers program of the New York Council of the Humanities and teaches in the illustration department at Parsons School of Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 12.06 x 9.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770041467168,"sku":"9781897299845","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d16ad9df41ac08fde9a48d831a6ea409.webp?v=1780363045","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/masterpiece-comics-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}