Swallow Me Whole

Name: Swallow Me Whole
ISBN: 9781603090339

by Nate Powell

Eisner Award · 2009 · Winner

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Top Shelf ProductionsAugust 1, 2008Graphic NovelsISBN 9781603090339

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New	2009	Winner

About This Book

Stepsiblings Ruth and Perry both struggle with mental illness—Ruth with obsessive-compulsive disorder and hallucinations, Perry with a cricket that commands him to draw. Nate Powell's graphic novel is a deeply empathetic portrait of psychiatric experience and loss.

About the Author

Nate PowellUS

Nate Powell is an American cartoonist and illustrator known for emotionally resonant graphic novels. He won the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New in 2009 for Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf Productions). He also illustrated the March trilogy by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, which won numerous awards including the National Book Award.