{"product_id":"the-projector-and-elephant-hardcover","title":"The Projector and Elephant - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Vaughn-James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeet Heer\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eSeth\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo surreal graphic novels about technology, corporatization, and alienation in the modern world by a cult-favorite comics innovator.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1968, the British artist and writer Martin Vaughn-James emigrated to Canada. Over the next eight years, he proceeded to produce some of the most mesmerizing and inventive works in comics, light-years ahead of his contemporaries. Among them were \u003ci\u003eElephant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Projector\u003c\/i\u003e, linked graphic novels that guide the reader (and a bespectacled Everyman) through landscapes built out of both the everyday and the nightmarish. Jam-packed superhighways, plummeting horses, vast urban wastelands, colossal businessmen, demented cartoon animals, and interstellar oranges are just a small part of Vaughn-James's prophetic vision of society's turn away from the natural world to the artificial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether for the first time in a single volume, designed and edited by Seth and with an introduction by Jeet Heer, \u003ci\u003eElephant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Projector\u003c\/i\u003e stand as a reminder that we have yet to catch up to Vaughn-James.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Vaughn-James\u003c\/b\u003e (1943-2009) was a British painter and cartoonist best known for his captivating, stylistically daring graphic novels--\u003ci\u003eElephant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Projector\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Park\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cage--\u003c\/i\u003eall published in the 1970s, when Vaughn-James lived in Canada. He contributed to numerous magazines during his lifetime and wrote two prose novels, \u003ci\u003e Night Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tomb of Zwaab\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeth\u003c\/b\u003e is the cartoonist behind the comic book series \u003ci\u003ePalookaville\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eClyde Fans\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected as one of the best books of 2019 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife, Tania, and their two cats in an old house he has named \"Inkwell's End.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeet Heer\u003c\/b\u003e is a comics critic and the national affairs correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Love with Art: Françoise Mouly's Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays \u0026amp; Profiles\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between Toronto and Regina, Canada.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9.01 x 11.79 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 April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769289212192,"sku":"9781681374840","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/59adeb24374fb36ccfcb00d5629ad17a.webp?v=1780345193","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-projector-and-elephant-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}