Product Description
by Alisa Kwitney (Author), Mauricet (Artist)
Science fiction meets family memoir in 1950s Greenwich Village, home of artists, musicians, writers--and the extraterrestrial spores that are secretly taking them over!
Marry a science fiction writer, become science fiction! That's the law of Greenwich Village in the late 1950s, home of poets, artists, musicians, writers, their put-upon partners--and the extraterrestrial spores that are secretly taking them over! Novelist/comics writer Alisa Kwitney (The Sandman Presents) mixes science fiction with period drama, featuring stunning art by Mauricet (Star Wars Adventures).Author Biography
Alisa Kwitney was an editor at DC Comics/Vertigo and is the Eisner-nominated author of graphic novels, romantic women's fiction, and urban fantasy. She was one of the authors of A Flight of Angels, which made YALSA's Top Ten List for Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and the YA graphic novel Token, named a highlight of the Minx imprint by PW. Alisa has an MFA from Columbia University. Her thesis, Till the Fat Lady Sings, a comedy of manners about college and eating disorders, made The New York Times' new and noteworthy in paperback list. Her latest novel, Rogue: Untouched, was published with Aconyte Books in May 2021.
Mauricet is a Belgian artist/cartoonist, best known in the USA for IDW's Star Wars Adventures and various books at DC, including Dastardly and Muttley and a bunch of Harley Quinn books, most recently co-creating Old Lady Harley. He collaborated with Image, Crossgen and Ahoy for whom he co-created Major Ursa with Tyrone Finch. He's also worked for the European market drawing several graphic albums for Casterman, Dupuis and Bamboo.
