{"product_id":"2026200018802-secondhand-brother-sebastian","title":"Brother Sebastian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the gentle cloisters of a mid-century monastery emerges one of American cartooning's most endearing creations — Brother Sebastian, a rotund and well-meaning friar whose pious intentions are perpetually at odds with the comic absurdities of daily religious life. Brother Sebastian is a collection of single-panel cartoons by celebrated illustrator and New Yorker contributor Chon Day, chronicling the gentle misadventures of a bumbling but lovable monk navigating a world of prayer, penances, and unexpected pratfalls. With a warm, deceptively simple line style, Day presents a world where sacred routine meets sly wit, producing laughs that are as innocent as they are irresistible.\n\nChon Day was a master of the understated comic image, and this collection stands as one of his most beloved works, illustrating his rare gift for finding the human — and deeply funny — within the devout. The cartoons carry a genial, old-world charm that recalls the best of mid-twentieth-century American magazine illustration, with an economy of line that speaks volumes. Whether Brother Sebastian is wrestling with a stubborn confessional door or navigating the politics of the monastery garden, each panel leaves the reader wondering, with a smile, what holy mischief this hapless friar will stumble into next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573401784539,"sku":"2026200018802-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0d855dcd-fba7-41db-b8c1-238bf605a5b3.png?v=1791168275","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018802-secondhand-brother-sebastian","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}