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Written on Oct 3, 2015
One of the best graphic novels of the past decade, back in print.
Considered to be a classic by many, Hicksville was named a Book of the Year by The Comics Journal and received nominations for two Ignatz Awards, a Harvey Award, and two Alph'Art Awards (Best Album and the Critics' Prize). It was one of the first contemporary graphic novels and is now back in print with a new cover and introduction. The world-famous cartoonist Dick Burger has earned millions and become the most powerful man in the comics industry. However, behind his rapid rise to success there lies a dark and terrible secret, as the biographer Leonard Batts discovers when he visits Burger's hometown of Hicksville in remote New Zealand. Hicksville is where the locals treasure comics and the library stocks Action Comics #1.
- ISBN10 1770460020
- ISBN13 9781770460027
- Publish Date 15 April 2010 (first published 15 February 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 December 2013
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Drawn and Quarterly
- Format Paperback
- Pages 260
- Language English
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