{"product_id":"like-a-velvet-glove-cast-in-iron-9781683960157","title":"Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron","description":"Clay Loudermilk stumbles into a screening of a bizarre snuff film that wraps him up in a mystery surrounding a series of cult-inspired killings, dubbed \"The Harum Scarum Murders.\" The subsequent path Loudermilk's life takes is both a terrifying journey into madness and jaw-dropping tour-de-force of visual imagination fraught with psychosexual and conspiratorial tension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClowes, Daniel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Clowes\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1961, Chicago, Illinois) is an American cartoonist. He is a multi-Harvey, Eisner, and Ignatz Award Winner, and his papers have been acquired by the University of Chicago library. His most recent book, \u003cem\u003ePatience\u003c\/em\u003e, has been translated into nineteen languages, and his books and comics have won numerous awards, including a PEN America Literary Award and over a dozen Harvey and Eisner Awards. As a screenwriter, he has been nominated for an Academy Award and written the films \u003cem\u003eGhost World\u003c\/em\u003e (with Terry Zwigoff), \u003cem\u003eArt School Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWilson\u003c\/em\u003e. A retrospective of his work, \u003cem\u003eModern Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e, debuted in 2012, appearing at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Oakland Museum, and the Wexner Center. His illustrations have been featured on a wide-ranging array of posters, album covers, and magazines, including many covers for \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and son.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725545312530,"sku":"9781683960157","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9588e87b-c49b-4bd8-992f-7976e8a96f0b.jpg?v=1734832923","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/like-a-velvet-glove-cast-in-iron-9781683960157","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}