{"product_id":"leaving-richards-valley","title":"Leaving Richard's Valley","description":"When a group of outcasts have to leave the valley, how will they survive the toxicity of the big city?\n\nRichard is a benevolent but tough leader. He oversees everything that happens in the valley, and everyone loves him for it. When Lyle the Raccoon becomes sick, his friends―Omar the Spider, Neville the Dog, and Ellie Squirrel―take matters into their own hands, breaking Richard’s strict rules. Caroline Frog rats them out to Richard and they are immediately exiled from the only world they’ve ever known.\n\nMichael DeForge’s Leaving Richard’s Valley expands from a bizarre hero’s quest into something more. As this ragtag group makes their way out of the valley, and then out of the park and into the big city, we see them coming to terms with different kinds of community: noise-rockers, gentrification protesters, squatters, and more. DeForge is idiosyncratically funny but also deeply insightful about community, cults of personality, and the condo-ization of cities. These eye-catching and sometimes absurd comics coalesce into a book that questions who our cities are for and how we make community in a capitalist society.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1770463437\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1770463437.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Deforge, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Missing dust cover, otherwise book is in good condition with some wear from normal use.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43719516291133,"sku":"BVV.1770463437.G","price":21.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1770463437-0.jpg?v=1790372403","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/leaving-richards-valley","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}