{"product_id":"naked-city-a-graphic-novel-isbn-9781506743509","title":"Naked City: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this long-awaited graphic comedy from an esteemed illustrator and storyteller, three bohemians struggle to answer the question: “Is it possible for an artist to survive in the 21st Century?”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young singer poses for a painter who has shifted from landscapes to nudes, and both of them learn a thing or two about the purpose of art and the meaning of success. The original graphic novel \u003ci\u003eNaked City \u003c\/i\u003etakes us inside the head of native New York artist, Eric Drooker (frequent cover artist for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e). His award-winning graphic novels—beginning with \u003ci\u003eFlood\u003c\/i\u003e—have charted new terrain for the form, and \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e is soon to be a major motion picture. Don’t miss this epic meditation on art and life.\u003cb\u003ePraise for Eric Drooker: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eFlood\u003c\/i\u003e is] a complex, dream-charged vision of alienation in the wet, mean streets of New York City, where primal, natural urges are suppressed in the lonely isolation of crowds. It's a picture of a soulless civilization headed toward the apocalypse. It's a poetic and lyrical novel - told virtually without words...Mr. Drooker has discovered the magic of pulling light and life out of an inky sea of darkness.\"—Art Spiegelman, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Strong black-and-white artwork, bent to strange purpose\"—Frank Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drooker's old Poe hallucinations of beauteous deathly reality transcend political hang-up and fix our present American dreams.\"—Allen Ginsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Elegiac, spiritual, and political . . . written in a language that anyone can understand, exploring themes of universal interest, Drooker continues Masereel's profoundly democratic artwork.”—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Drooker has not only exhibited his growing skill as a scratchboard artist but has contributed another important work in the genre of wordless comics. \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e will shake up readers with a strong social statement in a fine-crafted tale.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Drooker\u003c\/b\u003e's drawings and posters are a familiar sight in the global street art movement, and his paintings appear frequently on covers of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in New York City, he began to slap his images on the streets as a teenager. Since then, Drooker's reputation as a social critic has grown, and has led to countless editorial illustrations for the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eProgressive\u003c\/i\u003e, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis first book, \u003ci\u003eFlood! A Novel in Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e won the American Book Award, followed by \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e (soon to be a major motion picture). His graphic novels have been translated into French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish. After designing the animation for the film \u003ci\u003eHowl\u003c\/i\u003e, he was hired by DreamWorks Animation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrooker’s art is in the permanent collections of many museums including the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Library of Congress. He is available for speaking engagements and frequently gives slide lectures at colleges and universities. Drooker is represented by the Wylie Agency.","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300715417829,"sku":"NP9781506743509","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506743509.jpg?v=1767733443","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/naked-city-a-graphic-novel-isbn-9781506743509","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}