{"product_id":"diario-de-oaxaca-a-sketchbook-journal-of-two-years-in-mexico-9781629634418","title":"Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years in Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainting a vivid, personal portrait of social and political upheaval in Oaxaca, Mexico, this unique memoir employs comics, bilingual essays, photos, and sketches to chronicle the events that unfolded around a teachers' strike and led to a seven-month siege.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen award-winning cartoonist Peter Kuper and his wife and daughter moved to the beautiful 16th-century colonial town of Oaxaca in 2006, they planned to spend a quiet year or two enjoying a different culture and taking a break from the U.S. political climate under the Bush administration. What they hadn't counted on was landing in the epicenter of Mexico's biggest political struggle in recent years. Timely and compelling, this extraordinary firsthand account presents a distinct artistic vision of Oaxacan life, from explorations of the beauty of the environment to graphic portrayals of the fight between strikers and government troops that left more than twenty people dead, including American journalist Brad Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis expanded paperback edition includes 32 pages of new material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Kuper\u003c\/b\u003e is a cofounder and editorial board member of \u003ci\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebest known for drawing \u003ci\u003eMad \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's \u003ci\u003eSpy vs. Spy\u003c\/i\u003e comic and has also illustrated for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. He is the author of the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel \u003ci\u003eRuins\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eDrawn to New York\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe System\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMartín Solares\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Black Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos, the Antonin Artaud, and the Bibliothèque des Littératures Policières Prizes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474465100050,"sku":"9781629634418","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1fdf378a-a61f-40c8-988b-69d0a74224bc.jpg?v=1730221254","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/diario-de-oaxaca-a-sketchbook-journal-of-two-years-in-mexico-9781629634418","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}