Chartwell Manor

New in paperback: alternative cartoonist Glenn Head's harrowing graphic memoir is about years of sexual and emotional abuse suffered at a boarding school during his adolescence and the resultant trauma that took him almost 50 years to process before being able to tell his story publicly.

About the author

Glenn Head was born in 1958 in Morristown, New Jersey, and began drawing comics when he was fourteen. In the early 1990s Head co-created (with cartoonist Kaz) and edited Snake Eyes, the Harvey-Award nominated cutting edge comix anthology series and he was a frequent contributor to the Fantagraphics' comix anthology quarterly Zero Zero. From 2005 to 2010 Glenn edited and contributed to the Harvey and Eisner-nominated anthology HOTWIRE Comics and recently created his graphic epic, Chicago (2015). He lives in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn Head, Head Glenn
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781683966890
• ISBN: 978-1-68396-689-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Graphic novel & Comic book: types