{"product_id":"the-mess-noah-van-sciver-9798875002687","title":"The Mess","description":"When her semi-estranged and penniless hoarder father dies, Erin Messina is tasked with cleaning out his house before the bank forecloses on it. This otherwise thankless task is given a purpose, however, when she remembers the original Picasso drawing her father was gifted in 1964. She enlists her teenage son, Jackson, to spend spring break looking for their possible ticket to long-term financial stability. Jackson, resentful and eager to shirk responsibility, befriends twin skateboarders who live in the hood, and tell him about the violent murder that happened directly across the street from his grandfather's home -- and the murderer who still lives there. Emotional baggage, paranoia, and frayed nerves stretch the Messina's relationship to the brink, as \u003cem\u003eThe Mess\u003c\/em\u003e careens to a thrilling final act that includes... two-way radio communication with the dead? \u003cp\u003eOver the past decade, Noah Van Sciver has established himself as the most versatile graphic novelist working today. Whether it be in the service of straight-up satire (\u003cem\u003eFante Bukowski, Beat It, Rufus!\u003c\/em\u003e), serious historical nonfiction (\u003cem\u003eJoseph Smith and the Mormons, The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln\u003c\/em\u003e), autobiography (\u003cem\u003eAs a Cartoonist, One Dirty Tree\u003c\/em\u003e), or books for younger readers (\u003cem\u003eCalamity Before Jane, Johnny Appleseed\u003c\/em\u003e), Van Sciver's singular voice and style has proven remarkably malleable to the needs of each project. With \u003cem\u003eThe Mess\u003c\/em\u003e, Van Sciver stakes yet new creative ground as a fiction writer, crafting the most magnetic and literary work of his career. \u003cem\u003eThe Mess\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant, original graphic novel infused with drama, laughs, pathos, and suspense, beautifully drawn and colored in Van Sciver's immersive and intimate style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noah Van Sciver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798875002687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Noah Van Sciver","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48454411550975,"sku":"9798875002687","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee0eec28-13ae-42a4-961d-2844c220cc05.jpg?v=1777306073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mess-noah-van-sciver-9798875002687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}