{"product_id":"sticks-angelica-folk-hero-hardcover","title":"Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Deforge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Johnson has his Boswell and every Sticks Angelica has her Michael DeForge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSticks Angelica is, in her own words, \"49 years old. Former: Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, Governor General, entrepreneur, line cook, headmistress, Mountie, columnist, libertarian, cellist.\" After a high-profile family scandal, Sticks escapes to the woods to live in what would be relative isolation were it not for the many animals that surround and inevitably annoy her. Sticks is an arrogant self-obsessed force who wills herself on the flora and fauna. There is a rabbit named Oatmeal who harbors an unrequited love for her, a pair of kissing geese, a cross-dressing moose absurdly named Lisa Hanawalt. When a reporter named, ahem, Michael DeForge shows up to interview Sticks for his biography on her, she quickly slugs him and buries him up to his neck, immobilizing him. Instead, Sticks narrates her way through the forest, recalling formative incidents from her storied past in what becomes a strange sort of autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeforge's witty dialogue and deadpan narration create a bizarre, yet eerily familiar world. \u003ci\u003eSticks Angelica, Folk Hero\u003c\/i\u003e plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael DeForge\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1987 and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. His one-person anthology series \u003ci\u003eLose\u003c\/i\u003e has received great critical and commercial success, having been nominated for, or won, every major comics award including the Ignatz and Eisner awards. His illustrations have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e; his comics have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e comic book series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.9 x 11 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 March 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770227622176,"sku":"9781770462700","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c7b47f9c3ac5f750dc5e8626ce50aa91.webp?v=1780367306","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sticks-angelica-folk-hero-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}