Noah Van Sciver is a multiple award-winning cartoonist who first came to comic readers' attention with his Eisner-nominated comic book series Blammo. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Wired, The Believer, the Best American Comics, and countless graphic anthologies. Van Sciver was a regular contributor to MAD Magazine and has written and drawn numerous bestselling graphic novels, including One Dirty Tree, the Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer series for Fantagraphics books, and Joseph Smith And The Mormons for Abrams in 2022. In 2015 he was the Artist in Residence/fellow at the Center For Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. His books and comics have been translated into more than six languages worldwide.
"Praise for One Dirty Tree: Association for Mormon Letters Awards | Best Graphic Novel Eisner Awards Nomination | Best Reality-Based Work INDIES Awards | Finalist ""Van Sciver also powerfully illustrates the scars raked across an adult life by a chaotic upbringing."" — Publishers Weekly ""Van Sciver’s imagery has an uncanny, if deceptively casual, ability to communicate the seems-like-forever stretches of his anxiety and hunger in early adolescence."" — Denver Post ""A quote by Aristotle begins the book: “Give me a child until he is seven, and I will show you the man.” Honestly and artistically, One Dirty Tree demonstrates the truth of that aphorism."" — Foreword Reviews ""An autobiographical triumph! I personally believe Noah will come to be regarded as one of the 21st Century's great North American 'cartoonists' and I for one will be able to say I was there laughing at him, I mean lauding him, right from the start!"" — Page 45"