{"product_id":"the-talk-paperback","title":"The Talk - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarrin Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Ten Best Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library's Best New Comics of 2023 Top Ten Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't have a realistic water gun. She said she feared for his safety, that police tend to think of little Black boys as older and less innocent than they really are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough evocative illustrations and sharp humor, Bell examines how The Talk shaped intimate and public moments from childhood to adulthood. While coming of age in Los Angeles--and finding a voice through cartooning--Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and police officers and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans and showcasing revealing insights and cartoons along the way, he brings us up to the moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. And now Bell must decide whether he and his own six-year-old son are ready to have The Talk.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarrin Bell\u003c\/b\u003e, recipient of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, the 2016 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning, the 2015 RFK Award for Editorial Cartooning, and UC Berkeley's 2015 Daily Californian Alumni of the Year Award, began his career in 1995 at the age of twenty. While serving as the \u003ci\u003eDaily Cal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eifornian\u003c\/i\u003e's staff cartoonist, he began freelancing for the Opinion pages of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOakland Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1997, he cocreated the comic strip \u003ci\u003eRudy Park\u003c\/i\u003e and self-syndicated it to technology magazines. United Media launched it into newspapers in 2001. In 2003, Darrin launched his other comic strip, \u003ci\u003eCandorville\u003c\/i\u003e, in newspapers via the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eWriters Group (WPWG), which also began syndicating his editorial cartoons in 2013. While WPWG still syndicates \u003ci\u003eCandorville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRudy Park\u003c\/i\u003e, Darrin moved his editorial cartoons to King Features Syndicate in late 2018. He's also a contributing cartoonist for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Darrin lives with his wife and two children in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.43 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alex Awards (2024)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48687030370552,"sku":"9781250349958","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ZltYjdmpUq9781250349958.webp?v=1780084223","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-talk-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}