{"product_id":"macanudo-optimism-is-for-the-brave","title":"Macanudo: Optimism Is for the Brave","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFantagraphics is proud to present Argentine cartoonist Liniers' internationally-acclaimed newspaper comic strip in a new English-language collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the spirit of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCalvin \u0026amp; Hobbes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,  Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject, as Liniers allows his imagination and observational humor free reign. Jokes about domestic life, imagined scenarios of historical figures, Cthulu showing up to Tinder dates, characters simply enjoying a pastoral sunset, the puncturing of pop-culture stalwarts: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a boundless canvas for its author’s humane and delightfully off-kilter view of the world, in a way few comic strips have ever even attempted.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeginning in 2002 in Buenos Aires, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e steadily gained popularity around the world, appearing in US newspapers since 2018. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWelcome to Elsewhere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the first of a series of volumes collecting Liniers’ groundbreaking strip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull-color illustrations throughout\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"האגם הגווע","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44376484675829,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/1330\/2261\/files\/RCO001_1699711947.jpg?v=1703512285","url":"https:\/\/dyinglake.com\/products\/macanudo-optimism-is-for-the-brave","provider":"האגם הגווע","version":"1.0","type":"link"}