{"product_id":"true-story-of-the-unknown-hc","title":"True Story of the Unknown:HC:","description":"Fantagraphics presents two experimental, early works by the French cartooning legend Tardi. These comics, created in the mid-'70s, provide a fascinating preview of the masterworks of his prolific career. While they are not narratively linked, an eerie sense of foreboding suffuses stories in this collection: they both depict sex and brutal violence and condemn the horrors of war. The True Story of the Unknown Soldier follows a pulp novelist turned soldier who, driven to delirium amidst the trenches of WWI, becomes tormented by visions of his own seedy creations. This stream-of-consciousness tale visualizes the tortured psyche of its protagonist through dazzling dreamscapes and surreal scenarios. In The National Razor, a soldier returns from war a shattered man. Drowning himself in drink, he wanders the streets of Paris without purpose; in this numb stupor, he finds himself caught up in strange situations, lashes out in unexpectedly violent ways, and ultimately meets with a bloody end. At once a visceral depiction of the trauma wrought by war and a powerful denunciation of the death penalty and France's iconic guillotine. (W)  Tardi ","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43212224004342,"sku":"NOV211426","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0370\/6368\/8331\/products\/STL204512.jpg?v=1650307288","url":"https:\/\/jhu-comic-books.myshopify.com\/products\/true-story-of-the-unknown-hc","provider":"JHU Comic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}