{"product_id":"9781683969556","title":"Iris: A Novel for Viewers","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, this first-ever Dutch graphic novel is a tour-de-force in all its 1960s psychedelic, pop art, and playfully erotic glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tjong-Khing draws on psychedelic and pop art influences, using exaggerated figures, flamboyant gestures, and vivid color to evoke an uncanny sense of movement and unbridled emotion in this fascinatingly surreal dystopian science fiction pop fantasia.-- \"Library Journal Starred Review\" Brief Description : \"A young woman, Iris, has her heart set on a singing career, and, despite her boyfriend Mark's warnings, is seduced by the capitalist producer, \"dream lover M.G.\" He molds her into a megastar, which leaves Mark peddling her merch: a life-sized Iris (sex) doll. Available for the first time in English, this first-ever Dutch graphic novel is a tour-de-force in all its 1960s psychedelic, pop art, and playfully erotic glory.\"-- Review Quotes : A candy-colored, head-spinning trip through a prescient vision of our near future as imagined over 50 years ago. ... It's clearly a product of its time, with all the free-love exhibitionism, wild fashions, and dreamy psychedelia one would expect, but Khing's singular vision ensures that it transcends its era and stands as a masterful work of art for all time.-- \"Cinema Sentries\" Publisher Marketing : The characters' emotions drive the anti-capitalist, dystopian narrative in Iris: A Novel for Viewers , the earliest graphic novel produced in the Netherlands. A young woman, Iris, has her heart set on a singing career, and, despite her boyfriend Mark's warnings, is seduced by the capitalist producer, \"dream lover M.G.\" He molds her into a megastar, which leaves Mark peddling her merch: a life-sized Iris (sex) doll. Attempts to rescue Iris come to nothing; all they accomplish is allowing the dream lover to go on playing his games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024-08-13\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489158189187,"sku":"9781683969556","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781683969556.jpg?v=1770340539","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9781683969556","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}