{"product_id":"cookies-and-herb","title":"Cookies and Herb","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eBy Matt MacFarland. Published by Field Mouse Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eSoftcover, 72 pages, Colour, 2025. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatt MacFarland grew up in the Reagan years in small town California. The people who made up his life, like his elderly neighbor Herb, helped him feel understood in an indifferent, insecure world. With gentle humor and compassion, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCookies and Herb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e honors and memorializes those people who gave Matt support and care when he needed it most.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eSeptember 5th, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Size: 6\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e × 7.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003ePerfect bound softcover\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-956636-46-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCookies and Herb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-indent=\"1\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"MacFarland tackles a universal experience not normally explored - our non-relative elders who raised us, who we “outgrew,” and to whom we mentally return years later - and creates a poignant comic that left me aching. Rendered in confident colored pencil, Cookies and Herb walks us into MacFarland’s past with clear eyes, drawing a portrait of growing up that’s free of toxic nostalgia and full of the anguish and uncertainty of being raised by flawed human beings.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-indent=\"2\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Mary Shyne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, staff artist at Peanuts Studio and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou and Me on Repeat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Field Mouse Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62808079171914,"sku":"cookiesandherb","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_98132.jpg?v=1785074632","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/cookies-and-herb","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}