{"product_id":"dull-margaret-hardcover-by-jim-broadbent","title":"Dull Margaret Hardcover by Jim Broadbent","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-06-26)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e150\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781683960980\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Academy-Award winning actor collaborated with a \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist to create a graphic novel inspired by the Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s \u003ci\u003eDulle Griet\u003c\/i\u003e (1561) painting.\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by \u003ci\u003eDulle Griet\u003c\/i\u003e (aka “Mad Meg\"), Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 16th-century painting of a “strong, intense woman striding determinedly across a violent landscape,\" \u003ci\u003eDull Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e is the first graphic novel by Academy Award winning-actor Jim Broadbent (\u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e) and artist Dix (perhaps best known for his \u003ci\u003eRoll Up! Roll Up!\u003c\/i\u003e comics in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper). The \u003ci\u003eDulle Griet\u003c\/i\u003e painting shows a breastplated woman with a sword in one hand in front of the mouth of hell, and Broadbent uses that single, vivid image as a launching point to explore what the rest of Dull Margaret’s bleak existence may have been like.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Broadbent\u003c\/b\u003e is one of his generation’s most acclaimed actors, on stage or screen. He lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDix\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Wales in 1967. He studied in London where he first drew comics for \u003ci\u003eCrisis\u003c\/i\u003e and later cofounded PURR. He moved back to Wales in 1995 where he drew strips for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper for many years. He collaborated with Si Spencer on the graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eKlaxon\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2015 and with Jim Broadbent on \u003ci\u003eDull Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e in 2018. \u003ci\u003eThe Idris File\u003c\/i\u003e is his first solo graphic novel. He lives in Hay on Wye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556320727201,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781683960980","price":38.94,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781683960980.jpg?v=1781811866","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/dull-margaret-hardcover-by-jim-broadbent","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}