Howl - Paperback

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.