He lives with his family in Columbia, South Carolina. His many graphic novels include The Hypo and The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski. Noah Van Sciver is an Ignatz award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in the Best American Comics series, the Fantagraphics anthology series NOW, and Mad magazine. “Van Sciver’s mixture of vulnerability and passion for the form makes this an unusually emotional and resonant work.” ― Publishers Weekly Van Sciver displays a love of the history and form of cartooning that recalls Art Spiegelman, a Lynda Barryesque thirst to unpack ideas of what creativity really means, and a Harvey Pekar-like way of just trying to stay alive in the face of despair. Joseph Smith and the Mormons, which is out now from Abrams, is a project Van Sciver has been working on for more than a decade. This summer he released two new books, which represent the best work he’s done so far in his career. The resultant effect is a routinely funny (Van Sciver never takes himself too seriously unless it is intended for comedic effect) but also deeply relatable book that touches on some of life’s big questions, whether about the ways we measure happiness or success, the ways we often define ourselves by our careers, or ways we can sometimes lose sight of the most important things. Noah Van Sciver has always been a prolific cartoonist. Van Sciver juxtaposes fictional stories about what life as a “19th Century Cartoonist” might have looked like with a series of autobiographical strips about life as a contemporary cartoonist, along with pieces about his father and childhood that inform the path in life he has chosen. A series of comic strips joined together by the theme of the author’s chosen profession - cartooning - reveals a funny and often poignant reflection on the human condition and the lives we choose to live.Īcclaimed cartoonist Noah Van Sciver puts to use all the creative arrows in his quiver in this captivating collection of fiction, biography, memoir, and more.

As a cartoonist by Noah Van Sciver