{"product_id":"sick-9780996273916","title":"Sick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Last year, he got our attention for his disturbingly brilliant graphic novel \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Gabby Schulz has gone on to create a similarly unnerving web comic series titled Sick.\"--\u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the perennial classic, \u003ci\u003eMonsters \u003c\/i\u003e(written as Ken Dahl), Gabby Schulz returns with a new graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eSick\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eHicksville \u003c\/i\u003eauthor Dylan Horrocks calls \"a punch in the face and well worth reading.\" Like \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSick \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on health and social policy, this time expanding from the subject of STDs and their stigma to the larger, hot-button issue of national healthcare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeverely ill, uninsured, alone, and confined to his bed for weeks, Schulz was left searching--only to find himself. \u003ci\u003eSick \u003c\/i\u003edocuments his discovery in gory, glorious, water-colored detail, finally completed and collected here for the first time in a beautiful, album-sized hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e, Schulz has produced a host of online comics including \u003ci\u003eSEXISM\u003c\/i\u003e, a viral sensation written up everywhere from the \u003ci\u003eStranger \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e. The web-serialized \u003ci\u003eSick \u003c\/i\u003ewas an Ignatz Award nominee for Outstanding Online Comic. His work has appeared on narrative.ly and BuzzFeed and in \u003ci\u003eArthur \u003c\/i\u003emagazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabby Schulz\u003c\/b\u003e, sometimes known as Ken Dahl, grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. His graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eMonsters \u003c\/i\u003ewon two Ignatz Awards, was an Eisner Award nominee, and was a \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics \u003c\/i\u003eselection. His other works include the collection \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Dahl House\u003c\/i\u003e and the web comic \u003ci\u003eSick\u003c\/i\u003e, an Ignatz Award nominee for Outstanding Online Comic. Schulz currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Secret Acres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996273916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.70h x 8.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gabby Schulz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38399800475829,"sku":"9780996273916","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a252e645-fe3c-4a91-bf4f-1eaf2a36bb92.jpg?v=1612160310","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sick-9780996273916","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}