Tag: Dash Shaw

Last year, “Asterios Polyp” won as the graphic novel category was introduced at the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The five finalists in the category this year have been announced and the winner will be named Friday. Leading up to the awards ceremony, we will be looking at each of the finalists. Today: “BodyWorld.” In Dash Shaw‘s “BodyWorld,” published by Pantheon, aliens deposit seeds in the sleepy suburb of Boney Burrough, where Billy-Bob Borg, Pearl Peach and teacher Jem Jewel are preparing for high school graduation. New-in-town professor Paulie Panther, a botanist and drug researcher, discovers that smoking the psychedelic plants induces telepathic hallucinations. Hero Complex’s Noelene Clark caught up with Shaw. NC: Your book is about an alien plant that allows people to experience what it’s like to be someone else. How did you come up with this? DS: I ...

The finalists in the graphic novel category of the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced: “Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One” by Adam Hines (Adhouse Books) “Bodyworld” by Dash Shaw (Pantheon) “The Lodger” by Karl Stevens (KSA Publishing) “You’ll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage” by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics) “Weathercraft” by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics) The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes will be awarded April 29 in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Times building. The annual event will be the 31st presentation of the awards. The graphic novel category was added last year and the first winner was “Asterios Polyp.” For a list of all nominees in all categories, go to our must-read sister blog, Jacket Copy. RECENT AND RELATED ‘Asterios Polyp’ wins Times Prize for graphic novels Steve Niles scares up laughs with “Doc Macabre” Dean Haspiel and ...