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Highlights
- WINNER Association for Mormon Letters Awards Best Graphic Novel EISNER AWARD NOMINEE Best Reality-Based Comic INDIES Awards Finalist Noah Van Sciver is haunted by the house at 133 ____ Street, or as his brothers rechristened it "One Dirty Tree.
- Author(s): Noah Van Sciver
- 116 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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About the Book
In Noah Van Sciver's new funny and heartfelt memoir, he is haunted by memories of growing up in a big, poor, Mormon family.Book Synopsis
WINNER Association for Mormon Letters Awards Best Graphic Novel
EISNER AWARD NOMINEE Best Reality-Based Comic
INDIES Awards Finalist
Noah Van Sciver is haunted by the house at 133 ____ Street, or as his brothers rechristened it "One Dirty Tree." This sprawling dilapidated New Jersey house was his first home and the site of formative experiences. Growing up in a big, poor, Mormon family--surrounded by comic books, eight siblings, bathtubs full of dirty dishes--Noah's childhood exerts a powerful force on his present-day relationship.
Drawn in his inimitable style, written with wry wit and humor, One Dirty Tree is another reason why Noah Van Sciver is one of the best cartoonists of his generation.
Noah Van Sciver first came to national attention with his critically acclaimed comic book series Blammo, which has earned him three Ignatz award nominations. His work has appeared in Mad magazine, Best American Comics 2011, and The Stranger, as well as countless graphic anthologies. Van Sciver is the author of four graphic novels: The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, Youth Is Wasted, Saint Cole, and Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer. Van Sciver currently resides in Columbus, OH.
Review Quotes
"Van Sciver also powerfully illustrates the scars raked across an adult life by a chaotic upbringing." -- Publishers Weekly"Van Sciver's imagery has an uncanny, if deceptively casual, ability to communicate the seems-like-forever stretches of his anxiety and hunger in early adolescence." -- Denver Post"A quote by Aristotle begins the book: "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man." Honestly and artistically, One Dirty Tree demonstrates the truth of that aphorism." -- Foreword Reviews"An autobiographical triumph! I personally believe Noah will come to be regarded as one of the 21st Century's great North American 'cartoonists' and I for one will be able to say I was there laughing at him, I mean lauding him, right from the start!" -- Page 45
...Van Sciver's tireless work ethic and ever-refining comedic chops made him the cartoonist to beat [in 2015]. In a year of highlights, however, Fante Bukowski is the volume to recommend to anyone still in the dark. ...Van Sciver knows how to give the reader just enough to enjoy the sensation of holding poor Fante in pleasant contempt.--Onion AV Club
The take-no-prisoners satire ends up being surprisingly sweet, and Van Sciver's depictions of Cleveland offer a romanticism that might even align with how Bukowski sees his surroundings.--Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW.
With the graphic novella Fante Bukowski, Noah Van Sciver's penned the funniest thing I've read all year. ... At its deepest, Fante Bukowski stands as a commentary on hordes of recognition-hungry artists with nothing to say, but as a straight parody, Fante Bukowski is hilarious enough to summon tears.--The Quietus
Rising star Van Sciver once again skewers the self-important male figure, in this case, a terrible writer who fancies himself a great novelist and pushes himself onto everyone.--Publishers Weekly
Fante Bukowski Two is Noah Van Sciver's funniest work by far, littered with deadpan humor. ... Van Sciver just continues to get better and better ― you need this book.-- The Quietus