HUMMINGBIRD HEART TRADE PAPERBACK

Writer: Travis Dandro
Artist: Travis Dandro
Cover Artist: Travis Dandro

A deeply emotional visual representation of a teenagers confusion. Still reeling from the death by suicide of his drug-addicted father, Travis moves in with his grandmother to become her caretaker as she battles cancer. Meanwhile, he tries to live a typical teen life of pulling pranks, occasional shoplifting, dating, and endless drives through the twisting backroads of Central Massachusetts with Nirvanas Nevermind as the soundtrack. When the police intervene after a prank backfires, the boys realize that their time as children is rapidly disappearing and they may never fully understand each other as they move apart. After his Lynd Ward Prize?winning graphic novel, King of King Court, explored the power that parents hold over their childrens emotional lives, Travis Dandro employs his signature dream imagery and crass humor to tell the story of teenage independence and resilience as he prepares to head off to art school. Hummingbird Heart is a detailed and stylish account of a time of great uncertainty. Dandros densely crafted pages create a deeply emotional experience as his story swings from character confrontation to finely wrought domestic detaila slapstick cafeteria-destroying brawl gives way to the beautifully rendered flight of the impossible hummingbird.