{"product_id":"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\u003e author Dylan Horrocks calls \"a punch in the face and well worth reading.\" Like \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eSick \u003c\/i\u003e focuses 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\u003e documents 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\u003e to \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e . The web-serialized \u003ci\u003eSick \u003c\/i\u003e was an Ignatz Award nominee for Outstanding Online Comic. His work has appeared on narrative.ly and BuzzFeed and in \u003ci\u003eArthur \u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\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\u003e won two Ignatz Awards, was an Eisner Award nominee, and was a \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics \u003c\/i\u003e selection. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secret Acres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024329162992,"sku":"9780996273916","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996273916_p0.jpg?v=1763902318","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996273916","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}