{"product_id":"the-graphic-canon-of-crime-mystery-vol-2-paperback","title":"The Graphic Canon of Crime \u0026 Mystery Vol 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuss Kick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are Teddy Goldenberg's dense, murky treatment of Dashiell Hammett's \"The Road Home,\" often considered the first hard-boiled detective story ever published. Shawn Cheng renders the first serial-killer story, the so-called fairy tale \"Bluebeard\" by Charles Perrault. Landis Blair reimagines \u003ci\u003eThe Trial \u003c\/i\u003eas a choose-your-own-adventure story that you cannot win. Plus twenty-three other contributors using a wide range of illustrative styles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As with previous volumes in the Graphic Canon series, the illustrations run the full gamut of media and techniques, and artistic interpretations range from verbatim literalism to metaphorical extensions to surrealism and abstraction. The common theme, tracing the origins and standout texts of the morbid and mysterious, unites these multifarious partners in crime.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRUSS KICK is the originator of the Graphic Canon series, for which he has commissioned new work from over three hundred artists, now going into its sixth volume. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e selected \u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e as an Editor's Choice, and \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003ehas called the series \"startlingly brilliant.\" Kick's nonfiction anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eYou Are Being Lied To\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything You Know Is Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, informed a whole generation of Americans about the hard truths of American politics. He created a media frenzy for being the first to publish suppressed photographs of American flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e dubbed Kick \"an information archaeologist,\" \u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e magazine described him as \"a Renaissance man,\" and \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e named him one of its \"50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.\" His popular website AltGov2.org is active again and getting national media coverage for archiving documents that the Trump Administration has been deleting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.8 x 8.4 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 December 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770722844960,"sku":"9781609808266","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4415f96ee62af5f02d0d2d79b8b6123.webp?v=1780377657","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-graphic-canon-of-crime-mystery-vol-2-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}