Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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.
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