{"product_id":"9780763659387","title":"Comics Confidential","description":"\u003cb\u003eA must-have collection for comics fans and creators everywhere, packed with interviews and original comics by today’s foremost graphic novelists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRespected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their moving, funny, inspirational stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today’s most vibrant art forms. The book also contains an original graphic short on the common theme of “the city\" from each of the artists, a mini-comic set in a cityscape of their choosing—present-day, historical, or imaginary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing interviews with:\u003cbr\u003eHarry Bliss\u003cbr\u003eCatia Chien\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Hayes\u003cbr\u003eKazu Kibuishi\u003cbr\u003eHope Larson\u003cbr\u003eDanica Novgorodoff\u003cbr\u003eMatt Phelan\u003cbr\u003eDave Roman\u003cbr\u003eMark and Siena Cherson Siegel\u003cbr\u003eJames Sturm\u003cbr\u003eSara Varon\u003cbr\u003eGene Luen Yang","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356053262508,"sku":"9780763659387","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/24436263482459.jpg?v=1781632043","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9780763659387","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}