Edition |
First paperback edition/First hardcover edition. |
Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm |
Summary |
"From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother. As a kid, Dandro would temper the tension of his every day with flights of fancy, finding refuge in toys and animals and insects rather than the unpredictable adults around him. Dandro perceptively details the effects of poverty and addiction on a family while maintaining a child's innocence for as long as he can. King of King Court spans from Travis's early childhood through his teen years, focusing not only on the obviously abusive actions, but also on the daily slights and snubs that further strain relations between him and his parents. Alongside Dandro's birth father committing crimes and shooting up, King of King Court lingers on scenes of him criticizing Travis and his siblings. Dandro gives equal heft to these anecdotes, emphasizing how damaging even relatively slight traumas can be to a child's worldview."-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Dandro, Travis, 1974- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Dandro, Travis, 1974- -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Children of drug addicts -- Family relationships -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Children of drug addicts -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Cartoonists -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Children of drug addicts. (OCoLC)fst01430026
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Children of drug addicts -- Family relationships.
(OCoLC)fst01430030
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
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Autobiographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921583
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Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423722
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works).
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Autobiographical comics.
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ISBN |
9781770463592 (paperback) |
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1770463593 (paperback) |
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9781770463912 (hardback) |
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1770463917 (hardback) |
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