{"product_id":"gratuitous-ninja-9781948886345","title":"Gratuitous Ninja","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stealth epic that flows from the stoops to the subways, reinventing both the ninja tale and the graphic novel. 636 accordion-folded pages flip-kick through a sprawling saga of a reimagined NYC where ninja run the underground and anarchist pyrates run the streets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fabled Namba clan went into hiding decades ago, living peacefully under the radar as community-minded hippies in Gowanus. But when they take some new blood under their wing, four young trainees take to the streets to solve Brooklyn's problems with ninja science. What good is being a ninja if you can't protect your own hood?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique box set contains four hundred consecutive feet of comics and ephemera bubbling with pugilist praxis, chanbara dialectics, pyrate vs. ninja warfare, and a whole secret history of NYC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding a wall-sized subway map detailing the secret routes and ghost trains of the \u003ci\u003eGratNin \u003c\/i\u003eclans, a set of trading cards, a ninja union badge and much more, \u003ci\u003eGratNin \u003c\/i\u003eisn't a linear story -- it's an elaborate world to journey through, and try not to get lost in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGratuitous Ninjas\u003c\/i\u003e. That's what you'll find in the shadows of a New York City that's rotten with shinobi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Wimberly\u003c\/b\u003e is an accomplished cartoonist living in New York City. He has created several graphic novels as well as shorter works for DC\/Vertigo, Nike, Marvel, Hill and Wang, The New Yorker, and Dark Horse. His most recent works of note were the critically-acclaimed \u003ci\u003ePrince of Cats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack History in Its Own Words, \u003c\/i\u003e and the cartoon essay \"Lighten Up\" for The Nib. He is also the founder and editor of LAAB MAGAZINE.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beehive Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50691836150034,"sku":"9781948886345","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_baefce35-d998-42e6-ad33-5993111bc127.jpg?v=1734111798","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gratuitous-ninja-9781948886345","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}