{"product_id":"maids-9781683963684","title":"Maids","description":"Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also been hired by the wealthy Lancelin family. They make the estate's beds, scrub the floors, and spy on the domestic strife that routinely occurs within its walls. What starts as petty theft by the maids -- who are flashing back to their tumultuous time in a convent -- shortly turns into something more nefarious. Madame Lancelin's increasingly unhinged abuse ignites the sisters' toxic upbringing and social class exploitation and explodes into a ghastly double murder, an event that shocked and fascinated 1930s France and beyond. \u003cem\u003eMaids\u003c\/em\u003e has high bravura and high intrigue, all drawn in Skelly's highly stylized manner, which combines the best of pop art, manga, and Eurocomics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkelly, Katie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKatie Skelly\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Los Angeles-based cartoonist whose books include?\u003cem\u003eMy Pretty Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e?(2017), ?\u003cem\u003eMaids\u003c\/em\u003e?(2020), and?\u003cem\u003eThe Agency\u003c\/em\u003e?(2023). She is the former co-host of the comics podcast \u003cem\u003eThick Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, editor of the?\u003cem\u003eViscere\u003c\/em\u003e?horror comics anthology series, and creator of the \u003cem\u003eBad Girl Tarot and Oracle\u003c\/em\u003e decks. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Syracuse University and was awarded the Emerging Artist Prize at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus in 2015.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720816001298,"sku":"9781683963684","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e4b513e-6a20-436d-a371-d360f80e7242.jpg?v=1762937348","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maids-9781683963684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}