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.

Named one of NPR's and Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2014.

Shortlist, Slate's 2014 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year

2015 Ignatz Award Winner: Outstanding Anthology or Collection

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 08/03/2014
ISBN: 9781606997406
Pages: 145
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.60w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2014 pg. 35
Publishers Weekly 11/10/2014