{"product_id":"raw-sewage-science-fiction-9781770467194","title":"Raw Sewage Science Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe great fine art doodler returns\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanadian treasure Marc Bell returns with another gorgeous, confounding comic that redefines how an art book can tell a story and how a graphic novel can be an object first and story second. His internal monologue leaks out like static from a radio and informs the external; he's tying up loose ends; he's finishing long-paused sentences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaw Sewage Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is about making art and understanding the results as autobiography. The process is a series of indignities, bubble wrapped frames, unpaid invoices, art lost through neglect or in the mail. Bell uses autofiction, collage, straight comix, tight cross hatching, loose doodling, repurposed in-flight magazines, envelopes, grocery lists, and snatches of late night CBC radio to examine a lost decade as he wanders from coast to coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a century, these will be our illuminated manuscripts, our sacred texts, our guides to life for now they are simply the truth--the irritating, confounding, glorious truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Bell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London, Ontario, and has befuddled and bemused his readers for almost twenty years. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStroppy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHot Potatoe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Pure Pajamas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShrimpy and Paul and Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. His comics have appeared in many Canadian weeklies, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eL.A. Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a twin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50889111634194,"sku":"9781770467194","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31f69b63-0323-41dc-9c8c-37546f2d43af.jpg?v=1738160226","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/raw-sewage-science-fiction-9781770467194","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}