{"product_id":"macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere-9781683965565","title":"Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere","description":"In the spirit of \u003cem\u003eCalvin \u0026amp; Hobbes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMutts\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/em\u003e, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject, as Liniers allows his imagination and observational humor free reign. Jokes about domestic life, imagined scenarios of historical figures, Cthulu showing up to Tinder dates, characters simply enjoying a pastoral sunset, the puncturing of pop-culture stalwarts: \u003cem\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/em\u003e is a boundless canvas for its author's humane and delightfully off-kilter view of the world, in a way few comic strips have ever even attempted. \u003cp\u003eBeginning in 2002 in Buenos Aires, \u003cem\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/em\u003e steadily gained popularity around the world, appearing in US newspapers since 2018. \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of a series of volumes collecting Liniers' groundbreaking strip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiniers:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Buenos Aires in 1973, \u003cstrong\u003eLiniers\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ricardo Siri) became a daily cartoonist at 28 almost by accident, when other Argentine newspaper cartoonists had decamped to Spain at the nadir of a recession. He saw his role on the last page of \u003cem\u003eLa Nacion\u003c\/em\u003e as offering a respite from dour news, but the strip's whimsy and humanity quickly led \u003cem\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/em\u003e to expand to papers across Latin America, and eventually beyond to Europe and North America. Three of Liniers' childrens' books have been published in the US, with \u003cem\u003eGood Night, Planet\u003c\/em\u003e, winning the comics industry Eisner Award for Best Publication For Early Readers in 2018. He currently lives in Vermont.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroening, Matt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Groening\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1954) is an Emmy Award-winner, best known for co-creating animated TV series such as \u003cem\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFuturama\u003c\/em\u003e. He also cartooned a long-running alt-weekly strip called \u003cem\u003eLife In Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, for which he won a Rueben.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717370810642,"sku":"9781683965565","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0693d1bc-4511-4888-9bb8-1edc4a87753b.jpg?v=1734616251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere-9781683965565","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}