{"product_id":"appleguy-and-beefwood-9781770468436","title":"Appleguy and Beefwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eA serial buddy comedy like no other from the mind of Cedar Van Tassel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCartoonist Cedar Van Tassel has created the great new comic strip of the modern era: a perfect jewel in an underappreciated genre in the comics field--the serial buddy comedy. Using rural agriculture as a stepping-off point, he tackles climate change, small-town politics, psychedelics, mysticism, and friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppleguy \u0026amp; Beefwood's rapid-fire dialogue and tightly wound humour is reminiscent of classic buddy comics as wide-ranging as Calvin and Hobbes or Mutt and Jeff. Van Tassel's wiry, delightfully jagged characters walk and talk as the world grows both physically and spiritually around them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis approachably hilarious take on the existential and esoteric distills the absurdities of the modern everyday into four panels with forthright wit and a discerning eye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cedar Van Tassel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.02h x 6.55w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770468436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCedar Van Tassel\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Saline County, Kansas in 1999. He started drawing \u003ci\u003eAppleguy\u003c\/i\u003e as a comic strip for the Marlboro College student newspaper, and started publishing it regularly as a weekly Instagram comic in 2022. His work has been published in comics anthologies like \u003ci\u003eCRAM \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. A lifelong plant and prairie lover, he does work on ecological restoration projects throughout the Great Plains. He lives in Gypsum, Kansas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Cedar Van Tassel \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397126172829,"sku":"9781770468436","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_870aaa9a-b19a-471b-a048-95db94dd97dd.jpg?v=1781073740","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/appleguy-and-beefwood-9781770468436","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}