{"product_id":"monday-an-apocryphal-comic-book","title":"MONDAY AN APOCRYPHAL COMIC BOOK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonday: An Apocryphal Comic Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, 6 x 9 in, B\u0026amp;W, 160 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Andy Hartzell's \u003cem\u003eMonday \u003c\/em\u003eoffers up a strange and delightful peek into the quirky heart of humanity. As funny as it is strange.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eGene Luen Yang, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Born Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If one measures a book by delight, Andy Hartzell’s Monday offers a treasury on every page. Equal parts Borgesian tale—a lost book of Biblical creation—and allegory of artistic creativity, Monday bristles with sharp humor, vivid characters, beautiful drawing, and inventive comix craft. Picture Mark Twain’s Diaries of Adam and Eve and Lynd Ward siphoned through Mad Magazine. The result offers an Eden one never wants to leave.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Rostovsky, author of \u003cem\u003eDamnation Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eGod's creation has entered its second work week, the eighth day. A new entity is forming in the garden, and the Snake, once the garden's manager, is filled with unease. Will this next-gen creature disrupt the established order? It falls upon Eden's first couple to intervene with their Maker before His latest creation makes them redundant. Yet, they must be cautious, for interfering with the creative process is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eperilous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn brushy black-and-white, Andy Hartzell has rendered into cartoon form the illuminated scriptures of \"The People of the Eighth Day,\" an ancient gnostic sect. Or maybe he just made the story up. Either way, Monday is a provocative metaphysical slapstick comic, a fable for our unstable age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50313258533173,"sku":"978194125064852999","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/MON-Cover-1200__94935.jpg?v=1732917330","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/monday-an-apocryphal-comic-book","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}