{"product_id":"masterpiece-comics-9781897299845","title":"Masterpiece Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eHILARIOUS PARODIES OF CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGINED WITH CLASSIC COMICS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics \u003c\/i\u003eadapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of twentieth-century comics. Dense with exclamation marks and lurid colors, R. Sikoryak's parodies remind us of the sensational excesses of the canon, or, if you prefer, of the economical expressiveness of classic comics from \u003ci\u003eBatman \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eGarfield\u003c\/i\u003e. In \"Blond Eve,\" Dagwood and Blondie are ejected from the Garden of Eden into their archetypal suburban home; Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray is reimagined as a foppish Little Nemo; and Camus's Stranger becomes a brooding, chain-smoking Golden Age Superman. Other source material includes Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, bubblegum wrappers, superhero comics, kid cartoons, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSikoryak's classics have appeared in landmark anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eRAW \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDrawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are collected in \u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, along with brilliant new graphic literary satires. His drawings have appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Onion, Mad, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNickelodeon Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. Sikoryak \u003c\/b\u003eis the cartoonist of \u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Terms and Conditions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unquotable Trump\u003c\/i\u003e. His comics and illustrations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Onion, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMAD\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart.\u003c\/i\u003e Sikoryak teaches in the illustration department at Parsons School of Design and previously at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Since 1997, he has presented his live cartoon slide show series, \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e, around the United States and Canada. He lives in New York City with his wife, Kriota Willberg.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857019441426,"sku":"9781897299845","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ae00221-00b4-4574-b07f-7187565790ba.jpg?v=1737517942","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/masterpiece-comics-9781897299845","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}