{"product_id":"ding-dong-circus-and-other-stories-1967-1974","title":"Ding Dong Circus and other stories 1967-1974","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection presents, for the first time in English, the best of Sasaki Maki’s work, mainly from alt-manga super magazine Garo. Drawn between 1967 and 1974, the fifteen stories here follow Sasaki’s groundbreaking exploration of collage methods in comics storytelling, weaving through references to R\u0026amp;B, rock ‘n’ roll, the Vietnam War, Andy Warhol, the Summer of Love, the Beatles, British humour, and the wacky world of Japanese consumerism. \u003cem\u003eDing Dong Circus\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates what manga fans already knew: that in Sasaki Maki, Japan can claim not only a pioneer in experimental comics, but one of the world’s masters of Pop Art and a trenchant avant-garde critic of the Sixties. [publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an essay by author, \"Still a Cartoonist.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited and translated by Ryan Holmberg; cover design by Joe Kessler and Alex Johns; translation typesetting by James Jessiman; printed by offset lithography at DeckersSnoeck in Belgium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breakdown Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357266780500,"sku":"A8B-26535","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/ding_dong.jpg?v=1790811810","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/ding-dong-circus-and-other-stories-1967-1974","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}