{"product_id":"9781449439859","title":"Close to Home: McPherson on Sports: A Medley of Outrageous Sports Cartoons","description":"Sports is one of cartoonist John McPherson's favorite topics for lampooning. The frustration inherent in almost any sport makes for a perfect comic target. What's funnier than a flummoxed fisherman, a goaded golfer, a bamboozled batter, or a fumbling football player? Find out in this collection of John's favorites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e debuted in 50 newspapers in 1992  after McPherson left his engineering job to become a full-time  cartoonist, and today the comic strip runs in nearly 700 newspapers  worldwide. His characters are regularly confronted with everyday  dilemmas and their responses are always cleverly  unpredictable. The situations are somehow both outlandish yet relatable,  and anyone is sure to burst out in laughter at this original e-book  collection of all of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e’s boldest and best comical takes on sports.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124086685936,"sku":"9781449439859","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449439859_p0.jpg?v=1763832453","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449439859","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}