{"product_id":"the-context","title":"The Context","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Context\u003c\/em\u003e reimagines the superhero comic book as a queer parable of belonging. The story follows six powerful beings from different worlds who find themselves inexplicably adrift together in an otherwise lifeless void: Biopower, Cathexis, Barelife, Objector, Drives, and Form. The characters, each named for a concept drawn from critical theory, engage one another in skintight fight scenes that often look like sex scenes, and philosophical debates masked as exposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a lifelong fan and a more recent critic of the superhero genre, artist and performer Alexandro Segade approached his first graphic novel as a solo performance, acting out all the roles: writer, penciller, inker, colorist and letterer.\u003cem\u003e The Context\u003c\/em\u003e considers the form of the graphic novel through conceptual, minimalist, op art, and constructivist aesthetics, while paying homage to the great cosmic comics of the 1970s and ’80s. A meditation on group dynamics, composed of foreshortened figures in flight set against an endless field of stars, \u003cem\u003eThe Context\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates a vastness that extends past the boundaries of different art forms and ways of being. [publisher’s note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Primary Information","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357509362004,"sku":"A8B-27939","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/Scan_20200905_171622.jpg?v=1790812203","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/the-context","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}