{"product_id":"it-was-the-war-of-the-trenches","title":"IT WAS THE WAR OF THE TRENCHES","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld War I has long been an obsession of Jacques Tardi's. \u003ci\u003eIt Was the War of the Trenches\u003c\/i\u003e is Tardi's defining, masterful statement on the subject. Tardi is not interested in the national politics, the strategies, or the battles: he focuses on the day to day of the grunts in the trenches, and, with icy, controlled fury and disgust, with sardonic yet deeply sympathetic narration, he brings that existence alive as no one has before or since. Yet he also delves deeply into the underlying causes of the war, the madness, the cynical political exploitation of patriotism. In a final, heartbreaking coda, Tardi grimly itemizes the ghastly human cost of the war, and lays out the future 20th century conflicts, all of which seem to spring from this global burst of insanity. \u003ci\u003eTrenches\u003c\/i\u003e features some of Tardi's most stunning artwork. Rendered in a lush illustrative style, inspired both by abundant photographic documentation and classic American war comics, augmented by a sophisticated, gorgeous use of Craftint tones, \u003ci\u003eTrenches\u003c\/i\u003e is somehow simultaneously atypical for the artist and a perfect encapsulation of Tardi's mature style. It is the indisputable centerpiece of Tardi's oeuvre.\n\n\u003cb\u003eCondition: Very Fine\/As New.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641892962590,"sku":"RB8288","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/It-was-the-War-of-the-Trenches.jpg?v=1784508918","url":"https:\/\/budsartbooks.com\/products\/it-was-the-war-of-the-trenches","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}