{"product_id":"9780996273978","title":"Francine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Budel's brilliant comic features pubescent girls in various states of undress as they discuss imperialism, economics, and constant war, among many other global-political topics germane to the 21st Century. . . . Maybe the quintessential comic of the two-thousand-and-teens.\" —John Porcellino, author of the \u003ci\u003eHospital Suite\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its fascistic imagery, pubescent sexuality, raucous humor, and complex political allegory, the anonymously posted webcomic \u003ci\u003eslechtemeisjes\u003c\/i\u003e became an instant cult phenomenon, hailed as the \"Greatest Comic of All Time\" by \u003ci\u003eComic Book Resources\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, one of the world's most enigmatic, controversial, and provocative webcomic creators, Michiel Budel, delivers his debut graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eFrancine\u003c\/i\u003e . Teens can be deceiving, and Francine is exceptionally so. She murders her bully, fakes her own death, steals her best friend's mother, and makes any situation uncomfortably sexual. She's awful. Everyone loves her. You will, too. Recommended for immature readers only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancine\u003c\/i\u003e is Michiel Budel's debut graphic novel, but he is an artist with a following.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichiel Budel\u003c\/b\u003e revealed himself as \u003ci\u003eslechtemeisjes'\u003c\/i\u003e creator in 2011, publishing a pair of \u003ci\u003eslechtemeisjes\u003c\/i\u003e comic books under the loosely translated title of \u003ci\u003eWayward Girls\u003c\/i\u003e . His comics have since appeared in several print anthologies and journals including the internationally acclaimed \u003ci\u003ekuš!\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, \u003ci\u003eLumpen Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eSmoke Signal\u003c\/i\u003e . He still posts comics at \u003ci\u003eslechtemeisjes.nl \u003c\/i\u003e and at \u003ci\u003eMedium\u003c\/i\u003e . Budel and his \u003ci\u003eWayward Girls\u003c\/i\u003e were even the subject of a news feature on VRPO, Dutch public television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secret Acres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024245965040,"sku":"9780996273978","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996273978_p0.jpg?v=1763941603","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996273978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}