{"product_id":"queen-of-the-black-black-paperback-by-megan-kelso","title":"Queen of the Black Black Paperback by Megan Kelso","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(2011-07-13)\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\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606994597\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\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 earliest stories by “Girlhero” Megan Kelso.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore her comics were serialized in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Sunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (“Watergate Sue,” 2007) or released by Fantagraphics Books (\u003ci\u003eArtichoke Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010), Megan Kelso was a classic DIY cartoonist\/publisher, who crafted and self-published her popular minicomic \u003ci\u003eGirlhero\u003c\/i\u003e from 1991 to 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eQueen of the Black Black\u003c\/i\u003e, which collects these early \u003ci\u003eGirlhero\u003c\/i\u003e strips (as well as a few from other sources) and was originally published in a limited edition twelve years ago (now long out of print), provides an engrossing chronicle of an ambitious young cartoonist carefully developing her own unique style and approach.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this volume, Kelso scrutinizes bicycle messengers, venereal diseases, infidelity, unwanted pregnancies, temporary work assignments, family reunions, and classroom daydreams in subtle and unexpected manners, setting herself technical challenges such as depicting music in comics (the virtuoso “The Daddy Mask,” with its sensuous gray swirls of sound on the page), integrating lettering into artwork in creative ways, and generally working her way toward what would become her mature style.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe title story, “Queen of the Black Black,” rendered in lush gray tones, explores the fraught relationship between the aging, demanding queen of a fairy-tale realm and a hornblower whom she takes under her wing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThere is even a vintage “Artichoke Tale,” predating kelso recently released graphic novel by a decade and a half. (“I am planning to do a whole book of artichoke tales in the future,” she wrote presciently in her original story notes.)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eQueen of the Black Black\u003c\/i\u003e shows the first flowering (or sprouting) of a major cartooning talent, and its return to print (fully redesigned by the author) is welcome news for the many readers delighted by Kelso’s subsequent graphic novels.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Kelso\u003c\/b\u003e has been drawing comics for over 30 years. In 2007, she was invited by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e to serialize her \"Watergate Sue\" comic as part of the weekly \"Funny Pages\" feature. In 2019, she was selected for a public art commission for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.  Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Squirrel Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eArtichoke Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eQueen of the Black Black\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).  She lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556044427425,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781606994597","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781606994597.jpg?v=1781804001","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/queen-of-the-black-black-paperback-by-megan-kelso","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}