{"product_id":"almost-completely-baxter-isbn-9781590179857","title":"Almost Completely Baxter","description":"Over four decades and a multitude of books, “Colonel” Glen Baxter has  built a world and a language all his own—slightly familiar, decidedly  abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed  Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6:15? Do you  know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaxter’s  drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventure novels, highbrow  hjinks, and outright absurdity: lonesome cowboys confront the latest in  modern art, brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard  hashish, and the world’s fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  new selection of Baxter’s work brings together highlights from the full  sweep of his long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed  Baxterians and those in dire need of an introduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis NYRC edition is a hardcover with printed endpapers, debossed cover design, and extra-thick paper.“Mr. Baxter betrays all the ominous symptoms of genius.”—Edward Gorey \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Many people have tried to imitate Baxter...few have come close to succeeding.”—Salman Rushdie \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A kind of mad cross between Magritte, S.J. Perelman, and pulp fiction.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Glen Baxter is an artist in the distinguished tradition of Lewis Carroll, Sax Rohmer, Marquis de Sade, Raymond Roussel, Luther Burbank, and the Comte de Lautreamont.”—John Ashbery \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It is the contrast between the bald simplicity of the drawings and the baroque excess of the captions that makes Baxter such a significant figure not just in the cartoon business, but in the British comedy landscape.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlen Baxter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books since the 1970s, including \u003ci\u003eThe Impending Gleam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Billiard Table Murders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlizzards of Tweed\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, and his art is often exhibited in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, and London, where “Colonel” Baxter lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlin Canasteen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Balearic Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and the acclaimed biography of the great American poet Richard Griffin. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. For many years he acted as Security Advisor at the Bolick Mandolin Conservation Society in Duluth, Minnesota. He currently resides in Toledo, Ohio.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305492926693,"sku":"NP9781590179857","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590179857.jpg?v=1767721331","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/almost-completely-baxter-isbn-9781590179857","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}