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This is the first collection of literary short comics stories by an award-winning cartoonist.Eleanor Davis'sHow to be Happy is the artist's first collection of graphic/literary short stories. Davis is one of the finest cartoonists of her generation, and has been producing comics since the mid-2000s. Happy represents the best stories she's drawn for such curatorial venues as Mome and No-Brow, as well as her own self-publishing and web efforts. Davis achieves a rare, subtle poignancy in her narratives that are at once compelling and elusive, pregnant with mystery and a deeply satisfying emotional resonance. Happy shows the full range of Davis's graphic skills -- sketchy drawing, polished pen and ink line work, and meticulously designed full color painted panels -- which are always in the service of a narrative that builds to a quietly devastating climax.



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Eleanor Davis

My name is Eleanor Davis. I'm a cartoonist and illustrator. A collection of my short comics for adults, How To Be Happy, is out now from Fantagraphics Books. I have two graphic novels for kids: The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook (2009) which I created with my husband Drew Weing, and the easy-reader Stinky (2008) . I live in Athens, Georgia. Clients include: The New Yorker, The New York Times, Google, The Wall Street Journal, Plansponser, MIT Tech Review, Lucky Peach, Nautilus, Time Magazine, Telerama, Slate, BusinessWeek, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Oxford American, Nobrow Press, BUST Magazine, Charlex NYC, Fantagraphics Books, Dutton, TOON Books, First Second Books, Houghton Mifflin, Workman Publishing, and Bloomsbury Books. Awards and recognition include: Society of Illustrators - Gold and Silver; Eisner Nominee (Secret Science Alliance) ; Print Magazine's New Visual Artists 2009; Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor (Stinky) ; Russ Manning Award (Stinky) ; Best American Comics 2008 cover & Best American Comics 2013. In nursery school I got a ribbon for "Best Fine Motor Skills. "



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