{"product_id":"begin-by-being-selected-cartoons-from-the-poet-volume-6-9781736193945","title":"Begin By Being: Selected Cartoons from THE POET - Volume 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Todd Webb\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Second House\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Second House\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Poet has been described as being \"like PEANUTS, but if Linus was an old man and Woodstock had an attitude.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBegin By Being is the sixth collection of The Poet comic strips, and follows its uniquely thoughtful cast of characters: the Poet, the Pigeon, and the Park Bench as they contemplate our silly place in the grand scheme of things, the meaning of poetry, and donuts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the many delights in this collection, The Poet visits a sculpture garden, the Pigeon befriends a snowman, and the Park Bench celebrates the new year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Poet knows that small miracles abound if you look at everything as if seeing it for the first time, which is how I feel every time I turn the page in this new collection of funny, sad, strange and beautiful observations on art, life, friendship and snowmen.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Will McRobb, co-creator, The Adventures of Pete \u0026amp; Pete\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Hal Hartley, film director\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Serene, existential, and self aware, Todd Webb's The Poet is a humorous and ultimately helpful respite from... everything.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Adam J. Kurtz, author of Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These gently funny comics give a glimpse of a poet making his way in the world, accompanied by a somewhat skeptical bird. The two in combination strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world, so that what emerges is an overall sense of love for poetry and its makers - the kind of love that's intimate enough to make space for poking fun. (It also makes space for a talking bench, which is an inarguably good thing.)\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Heather Christle, poet and author of What is Amazing and The Crying Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Derek Drymon, creative director of SpongeBob Squarepants \u0026amp; executive producer of Adventure Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have been a joy-filled fan of Todd's work on The Poet for as long as I can remember. -What's that? How the heck should I know?! Now pipe down so I can finish writing thi- Oh, poop, where was I...?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Kevin Pollak, actor \u0026amp; comedian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46452606894231,"sku":"9781736193945","price":731.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781736193945.webp?v=1769141566","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/begin-by-being-selected-cartoons-from-the-poet-volume-6-9781736193945","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}