A graphic novel thesis project published by Random House Graphic.
HIDDEN SYSTEMS was Dan Nott’s ‘16 thesis project at The Center for Cartoon Studies! Random House Graphic is publishing the book in March 2023.
“The true power of comics is on display here, with complex, difficult-to-comprehend structures presented both through a variety of metaphors and by placing those metaphors in context with simplified renditions of their real physical appearance.” —Booklist
“A necessary introductory approach to everyday systems that briefly interrogates the bias and inequalities imbedded within them.” —Publishers Weekly
What was the first message sent over the internet? How much water does a single person use every day? How was the electric light invented? Check out this video of Dan Nott discussing HIDDEN SYSTEMS.
Read this CCS Student Spotlight on Dan Nott to see how this project came to be.
Book launch event on 3/21 at 7pm at Upper Valley’s Still North Books in Hanover, NH.
Dan Nott is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator living in Vermont. Dan’s short comics and illustrations for investigative journalism have appeared in Spotlight PA, The Nib, Resist!, and Seven Days, and in publications for NJ Advance Media and WBUR, among others. Dan graduated with an MFA from The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) and was the lead writer and cartoonist for its free nationally distributed comic on the U.S. government called THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. Dan teaches classes about making comics and comics history at CCS.
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