Hummingbird Heart
$41.07
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2022
Summary
Still reeling from the death by suicide of his drug-addicted father, Travis moves in with his grandmother to become her caretaker as she battles cancer. Meanwhile, he tries to live a typical teen life of pulling pranks, occasional shoplifting, dating, and endless drives through the twisting backroads of Central Massachusetts with Nirvana’s Nevermind as the soundtrack. When the police intervene after a prank backfires, the boys realize that their time as children is rapidly disappearing and th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770465626 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770465626 |
| Author: | Travis Dandro |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 10g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
Travis Dandro uses words, pictures, pattern, and texture to conjure moments from his life that are at once specific and fleeting. In its remembrance of profound loss and deep love for friends and family, Hummingbird Heart beats fast but feels timeless. - Jason Lutes, author of Berlin. Dandro has a gift for the cinematic. Times Literary Supplement. This is a powerful debut, skilfully drawn, cleverly told and as raw as a wasp sting. The Guardian. Inventive… A visually engaging and human story of early trauma and how art and the imagination persist through the toughest of times. Library Journal
Travis Dandro
Travis Dandro was born in Leicester, Massachusetts. He began publishing his first comic strip, Twerp, in the local weekly newspaper at the age of 13.
In 1996, Travis graduated from Montserrat College of Art with a degree in fine art. His comics have since been featured in numerous college newspapers across the United States and Canada. His debut graphic novel, King of King Court, was honored with the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year.
He currently resides in Belfast, Maine, with his sons.
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