George Sprott

George Sprott: (1894–1975) is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Seth, published in 2009.

George Sprott
Creator	Seth
Date	2009
Page count	96 pages
Publisher	Drawn & Quarterly
Original publication
Published in	The New York Times Magazine
Date of publication	2006

The story tells of George Sprott, a vain and selfish 81-year-old retired television personality who reflects on his life,[1] and whose life is recalled by those around him after his death.[2] The comics are sprinkled with photos of models Seth made of buildings in the fictional Southern Ontario town of Dominion.

The story first ran as a serial in The New York Times Magazine in one-page episodes[1] in 2006. A collection in large dimensions appeared in 2009 from Drawn & Quarterly.[2] The book won a Doug Wright Award in 2010.[3]

References

1. Cooke 2010.
2. Atkinson 2009.
3. Hoffman & Grace 2015, p. 24.

Works cited

• Atkinson, Nathalie (2009-08-07). "The life of a small-town celeb". The Globe and Mail. Missing or empty |url= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Cooke, Rachel (2010-06-20). "George Sprott by Seth". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-03.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Hoffman, Eric; Grace, Dominick (2015). Seth: Conversations. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-387-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)