{"product_id":"here-9780375406508","title":"Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - From one of the great comic innovators, the long-awaited fulfillment of a pioneering comic vision: the story of a corner of a room and of the events that have occurred in that space over the course of hundreds of thousands of years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A book like this comes along once a decade, if not a century.... I guarantee that you'll remember exactly where you are, or were, when you first read it.\" --Chris Ware, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e McGuire has introduced a third dimension to the flat page. He can poke holes in the space-time continuum simply by imposing frames that act as trans­temporal windows into the larger frame that stands for the provisional now. Here is the ­comic-book equivalent of a scientific breakthrough. It is also a lovely evocation of the spirit of place, a family drama under the gaze of eternity and a ghost story in which all of us are enlisted to haunt and be haunted in turn.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith full-color illustrations throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD McGUIRE\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, McSweeney's, Le Monde, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLibération.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written and directed for two omnibus feature films: \u003ci\u003eLoulou et Autre Loups\u003c\/i\u003e (Loulou and Other Wolves, 2003) and \u003ci\u003ePeur(s) du Noir\u003c\/i\u003e (Fear[s] of the Dark, 2007). He has also designed and manufactured his own line of toys, and he is the founder and bass player of the band Liquid Liquid. The six-page comic \u003ci\u003eHere, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich appeared in 1989 in \u003ci\u003eRaw \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, volume 2, number 1, was immediately recognized as a transformative work that would expand the possibilities of the comic medium. Its influence continues to be felt twenty-five years after its publication.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601116238098,"sku":"9780375406508","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1cfd1604-5017-4065-8dd0-155ffae178fa.jpg?v=1732220933","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/here-9780375406508","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}