{"product_id":"sam-zabel-the-magic-pen","title":"Sam Zabel \u0026 the Magic Pen","description":"Acclaimed cartoonist Dylan Horrocks returns with a long-awaited new graphic novel, the first since his perennial classic, 1998's \u003ci\u003eHicksville\u003c\/i\u003e (new edition, VUP 2010).\u003cp\u003eCartoonist Sam Zabel hasn't drawn a comic in years. Stuck in a nightmare of creative block and despair, Sam spends his days writing superhero stories for a large American comics publisher and staring at a blank piece of paper, unable to draw a single line. Then one day he finds a mysterious old comic book set on Mars and is suddenly thrown headlong into a wild, fantastic journey through centuries of comics, stories, and imaginary worlds. Accompanied by a young webcomic creator named Alice and an enigmatic schoolgirl with rocket boots and a bag full of comics, Sam goes in search of the Magic Pen, encountering sex-crazed aliens, medieval monks, pirates, pixies and--of course--cartoonists. Funny, erotic, and thoughtful, \u003ci\u003eSam Zabel and the Magic Pen \u003c\/i\u003e explores the pleasures, dangers, and moral consequences of fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Sam Zabel \u0026 the Magic Pen","offer_id":46201203818693,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-86473-975-9.jpg?v=1778465419","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/sam-zabel-the-magic-pen","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}