{"product_id":"bush-leaguers-9781639691531","title":"Bush Leaguers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBush Leaguers\u003c\/i\u003e is an irreverent comedy-adventure comic book series about a down-and-out baseball team, set in the rough-and-tumble world of Gilded Age New York, written by Robert McKeon and Sam Fletcher, and illustrated by Joe Flood, published by Scout Comics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Brooklyn Bridegrooms are the scourge of late nineteenth-century New York. The cranks hate them, the team owner is plotting to shut them down, and Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt wants to lock them up. Most of the team are indifferent to their plight, save for one player: Skip Lapwhistle, the alter-ego of a former seamstress who dons a fake mustache and a baseball cap, and traded life in the sweatshop for life on the diamond. With the team on the brink, it's up to Skip to rally the team, stop the team owner's plot, evade Roosevelt's clutches, and bring back the spirit of the game to the City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob McKeon (Co-Creator\/Writer): \u003c\/b\u003eBob McKeon is a writer and filmmaker based in Venice, California. His collaboration with \u003ci\u003eBush Leaguers'\u003c\/i\u003e childhood friend, and \u003ci\u003eBush Leaguers\u003c\/i\u003e co-creator Sam Fletcher began with a humor column in their high school newspaper. They wrote \u003ci\u003eBush Leaguers\u003c\/i\u003e as an homage to the satirical comedic voice of \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e, baseball, and New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Fletcher (Co-Creator\/Writer): \u003c\/b\u003eSam Fletcher is a writer based in Fairfield County, Connecticut. \u003ci\u003eBush Leaguers\u003c\/i\u003e is his first comic book. When he's not thinking about defunct baseball teams and Gilded Age phraseology, he likes to play guitar, eat Mexican food and annoy his wife and two children with irrelevant trivia and facts about world geography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Flood (Artist): \u003c\/b\u003eJoe Flood is a comic book author and illustrator whose work includes \u003ci\u003eBush Leaguers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Road to Liquor City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCellies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOrcs: Forged for War\u003c\/i\u003e. For the Science Comics series, he collaborated on \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e with MK Reed and wrote and illustrated \u003ci\u003eSharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBirds of Prey: Terrifying Talons\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York's Hudson Valley.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scout Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525868392722,"sku":"9781639691531","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48cf1034-a95a-464e-b122-1936024a6b53.jpg?v=1731245864","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bush-leaguers-9781639691531","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}