{"product_id":"macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere-by-liniers-9781683965565","title":"Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of \u003cem\u003eCalvin \u0026amp; Hobbes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMutts\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/em\u003e, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphised objects to perform gags, philosophise, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolours, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject, as Liniers allows his imagination and observational humour free reign. Jokes about domestic life, imagined scenarios of historical figures, Cthulu showing up to Tinder dates, characters simply enjoying a pastoral sunset, and the puncturing of pop-culture stalwarts: \u003cem\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/em\u003e is a boundless canvas for its author's humane and delightfully off-kilter view of the world, in a way few comic strips have ever even attempted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 2002 in Buenos Aires, \u003cem\u003eMacanudo\u003c\/em\u003e steadily gained popularity around the world, appearing in US newspapers since 2018. \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of a series of volumes collecting Liniers' groundbreaking strip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471089811692,"sku":"9781683965565","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683965565-macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere.jpg?v=1775233817","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere-by-liniers-9781683965565","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}