{"product_id":"the-wendy-award-9781770467415","title":"The Wendy Award","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverybody's favorite party girl Wendy is \u003ci\u003eso\u003c\/i\u003e back\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Wendy is nominated for the coveted National FoodHut Contemporary Art Prize alongside her friend Winona, all of her millennial dreams seem to be coming true. She lives a post-pandemic, polyamorous fine artist's lifestyle in the big city and basks in the glory of national attention with the success of her popular comic strip, \"Wanda.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut not even achieving bona fide art star fame can hide the truth: a never-ending struggle with imposter syndrome. After she cracks in an online interview and gets dragged in the comments section, she heads straight to a local watering hole to drown her sorrows. Several lines of coke, too many drinks, and one all night rager with fans later, Wendy is ready to curse Gen Z and confront her addictions. All the while, she and Winona drift apart as a younger Indigenous artist wedges herself between them. Will Wendy's commitment to change wind up short-lived? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wendy Award\u003c\/i\u003e incisively skewers the art world with its corporate overlords, performative activism, generational wealth, and weaponized therapy speak. A showcase of Walter Scott's deft wit and social commentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Wendy Award\u003c\/i\u003e asks the hard questions, like Do they still give awards to men? Should we be grateful for the exposure? And what exactly is Big Auntie Energy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Scott is an interdisciplinary artist working in comics, drawing, video, performance, and sculpture. His graphic novel series \u003ci\u003eWendy\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the continuing misadventures of a young artist in a satirical imagining of the contemporary art world. Scott's eponymous party girl has previously been featured in three graphic novels \u003ci\u003eWendy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWendy's Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWendy: Master of Art\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in \u003ci\u003eCanadian Art;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eArt in America; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoMA Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Scott was nominated for the Sobey Art Award, considered to be the preeminent fine art award in Canada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614116548882,"sku":"9781770467415","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7153c01-2250-4901-816d-fb05021c24a5.jpg?v=1732428896","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wendy-award-9781770467415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}