Genius - Softcover

Starred Review, Booklist, March 1, 2013: Seagle instills an intellectually minded tale with humble humanity, natural characterizations, and storytelling restraint, letting the visuals speak a good many words and letting others remain hauntingly unspoken. -- Booklist, starred reviewPraise for It's a Bird... by Steven Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen: This remarkable, genre-bending work...details a son's search for his missing father and a writer's struggle to tap his own creative impulse. --People Magazine Terrifically wry... This is something truly different. --Entertainment Weekly, Editor's Choice A smart and touching graphic novel. --USA Today Teddy Kristiansen's painted art remains stunning throughout. -- The Onion[A] compelling personal story, casting a very real narrator in a painfully real struggle with his family history and himself. Boston Globe --Various

Steven T. Seagle is the seven-time Eisner Award-nominated writer best known for his semi-autobiographical graphic novel, It's a Bird . . . illustrated by Teddy H. Kristiansen. He is a two-time GLAAD Media Award-nominee for his series American Virgin. Seagle is a co-founder of Man of Action Studios, creators of Ben 10 and Generator Rex. Genius is his most recent graphic novel. He also writes and directs for the stage.Teddy H. Kristiansen is a Eisner Award-winning artist from the faraway land of Denmark who spends a lot of time with his computer and the many books in his house. (Too many, according to his wife.) In addition to his work in animation and children's books, Kristiansen is a critically-acclaimed comics artist. Genius is his second collaboration with writer Steven Seagle.