Joseph Smith and the Mormons

BUILT-IN AUDIENCE: There are 6.5 million Mormons living in the United States, and 16.5 million worldwide; the subject has also been proven to be of interest to a larger audience with The Book of Mormon, one of the most successful musicals of all time.RESPECTFUL TONE: The narrative of Joseph Smith''s life is presented in a straight-forward manner without judgment, extensively researched and historically accurate.CREATOR ON THE RISE: Noah Van Sciver''s storytelling and distinct, evocative art have earned him a legion of dedicated fans within the comics community; he has nearly 15K followers on Instagram. Joseph Smith and His Mormons is poised to be his breakout work.SPECIAL PACKAGE: Designed and packaged to look like the Mormon Golden Bible, with a padded cover, stained edges, and a ribbon marker.

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Noah Van Sciver is widely considered one of the most notable cartoonists of his generation and first came to national attention in 2006 with his critically acclaimed anthology comic book series Blammo, which earned him three Ignatz Award nominations. His work has appeared in MAD magazine, the Comics Journal, Best American Comics, and The Stranger, as well as numerous anthologies. Van Sciver is the author of multiple critically acclaimed graphic novels, including The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, Youth Is Wasted, Saint Cole, One Dirty Tree, and Fante Bukowski. Van Sciver lives in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Decades in the making, an original graphic novel biography about the life of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The book discusses all of the monumental moments during Smith's life, including the anti-Mormon threats and violence which caused his followers to move from New York to Ohio, Smith's receiving the divine commandment of plural marriage, his imprisonment, his announcement to run for president of the United States, and his ultimate murder by an angry mob in 1844 at the young age of 38