{"product_id":"9780740790287","title":"Cul De Sac: This Exit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I hope you enjoy \u003ci\u003eCul de Sac\u003c\/i\u003e as much as I do. I think you're in for a real treat.\" --Bill Watterson, creator of \u003ci\u003eCalvin and Hobbes, 2008\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the five best features in any newspaper, period.\" --The Comics Reporter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the few strips around where nearly every individual panel is stand-alone delight.\" --The Onion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...it really seems like the inheritor of 'Calvin and Hobbes.'\" --Art Spiegelman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I can't say enough in his favor, so much is my admiration for his work.\" --Pat Oliphant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than half of our nation's population resides in the 'burbs. Knowingly, Richard Thompson's \u003ci\u003eCul de Sac\u003c\/i\u003e follows the antics of four-year-old Alice Otterloop as she navigates her way through life at Blisshaven Preschool, \"the scene of [her] daily toil.\" Suburbanites across the nation will easily recognize the quirks and conundrums associated with house-lined streets, sidewalk canvases, and magnetified refrigerator art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstructed by the proper Miss Bliss, Alice regularly has issues with taking a nap, speaking out of turn, and remembering what a triangle looks like. Helping her through life's ups and downs are her eight-year-old brother Petey, Dad (a.k.a. Peter), and Mom (a.k.a. Madeline), as well as Mr. Danders, the preschool's pompously pedantic guinea pig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the strip's first book collection incorporating more than a year's worth of strips dating back to the cartoon's 2007 debut. Thompson has received critical praise for doing a masterful job of commenting on social issues while entertaining in a freshly amusing and unexpected way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113424634096,"sku":"9780740790287","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780740790287_p0.jpg?v=1769901234","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780740790287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}