In order to wage intergalactic warfare, aliens abduct all of Earth\u2019s artists: It turns out that the most powerful weapon in the universe is the violent, transcending beauty of poetry. Back on Earth, people don\u2019t really seem to care about the disappearance of painters, sculptors and other such creators \u2013 until they discover art inspires industrial design which, in turn, makes it possible to create elegant new kitchen counters. While artists master the deadly potential of their craft, earthlings are learning the hard way that art isn\u2019t as useless as it seems\u2026 while listening to old CCR hits on repeat.<\/p>\n
An imaginative and dead-on satire of the place culture occupies in contemporary societies,\u00a0Art Wars<\/em>\u00a0is constructed using only ten different panels \u2013 making it a bold and clever experiment in comic minimalism, inspired by both the avant-garde work of OuBaPo and the author\u2019s own background in animation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In order to wage intergalactic warfare, aliens abduct all of Earth\u2019s artists: It turns out that the most powerful weapon in the universe is the violent, transcending beauty of poetry. Back on Earth, people don\u2019t really seem to care about the disappearance of painters, sculptors and other such creators \u2013 until they discover art inspires […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18786,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[271],"product_tag":[301,310],"class_list":{"0":"post-19540","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"wc_square_synced-yes","7":"product_cat-comic","8":"product_tag-parody-humor","9":"product_tag-science-fiction-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"language":"en","other_language_products":[23579],"authors":[{"author_title":22292,"is_custom_job_title":false,"job_titles":[]},{"author_title":22724,"is_custom_job_title":true,"job_titles":[179]}],"total_pages":96,"isbn":"978-2-924049-33-4","release_date":"20161001","other_release_dates":null,"has_product_excerpt":true,"button_excerpt_position":"left","accent_color":"#00A1D5","awards":[{"content":"Nominee \u2013 B\u00e9d\u00e9is Causa Awards 2015 (Grand prix de la ville de Qu\u00e9bec)"}],"comments":[{"content":"\u201cA truly outstanding work in minimalist comics.\u201d<\/span>","credit_group":{"content":"Philippe Leblanc,\u00a0The Comics Beat","link":"","is_external_link":false}}],"video_gallery":null},"yoast_head":"\n