{"product_id":"three-rocks-by-bill-griffith-9781419745904","title":"Three Rocks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As the widest-ranging cartoon chronicler of American absurdity in our time, Bill Griffith has topped himself. This is an instant comic-strip classic!\" -\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Groening\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"For many years, I've devoured Bill Griffith's work. It's always inspiring and engrossing. As it never fails to do, Griffith's brilliance and consummate drawing chops shine through. \u003cem\u003eThree Rocks\u003c\/em\u003e is amazing!\" -\u003cstrong\u003eEmil Ferris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A page-turning, standard-setting, must-have work of biographical art.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eChris Ware\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and \u003cem\u003eNobody's Fool\u003c\/em\u003e, comes \u003cem\u003eThree Rocks\u003c\/em\u003e, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the iconic comic strip \u003cem\u003eNancy\u003c\/em\u003e. But this graphic novel is about more than a single comic book artist. It is the story of this American art form, tracing its inception in 1895 with the \u003cem\u003eYellow Kid\u003c\/em\u003e, the creation of \u003cem\u003eNancy\u003c\/em\u003e in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Far Side\u003c\/em\u003e. When Bushmiller died in 1982, \u003cem\u003eNancy\u003c\/em\u003e was running in almost 900 daily newspapers—a number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNancy\u003c\/em\u003e is hailed as the \"perfect\" comic strip by fans and cartoonists alike. The title \u003cem\u003eThree Rocks\u003c\/em\u003e refers to the trope of three hemispherical rocks often seen in a Bushmiller landscape—just enough to communicate environment to the reader. This distillation is exemplary of the iconic, diagrammatic look of \u003cem\u003eNancy\u003c\/em\u003e, a comic strip about the nature of what it means to be a comic strip—the perfect avatar for Griffith to expand upon his philosophy of creating comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433142665452,"sku":"9781419745904","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781419745904.jpg?v=1774765496","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/three-rocks-by-bill-griffith-9781419745904","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}