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My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down Hardcover - 2008

by David Heatley

One of the most promising young talents in cartooning makes his debut with a dazzling collection that is filled with visceral art and emotionally resonant storytelling. Full-color illustrations throughout.


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David Heatley played the Baby Jesus at a Christmas pageant in 1974, months after he was born. A few years later, his family moved to Teaneck, NJ, where they became disenchanted with Catholicism
and joined an Episcopal church which might have had the worse liturgical music in the country. Heatley was confirmed at the age of 13 and stopped going to church the following year. After a decade-and-a-half of self-destructive behavior, he had a spiritual awakening while visiting California in 2001—about which, more later. Heatley now lives in Jackson Heights, NY, with his wife Rebecca Gopoian (an agnostic, Jewish-Armenian poet), and their two awesome children. This is his first book. Go easy on him.

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  • Title My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down
  • Author David Heatley
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pantheon Books, New York, NY
  • Date 2008-09-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780375425394 / 037542539X
  • Weight 1.74 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.2 x 8.38 x 0.69 in (30.99 x 21.29 x 1.75 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic novels, Cartoonists - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008060745
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.597

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2008, Page 34
  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/15/2008, Page 858
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/15/2008, Page 82
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/14/2008, Page 7

About the author

DAVID HEATLEY played the Baby Jesus at a Christmas pageant in 1974, months after he was born. A few years later, his family moved to Teaneck, NJ, where they became disenchanted with Catholicism
and joined an Episcopal church which might have had the worse liturgical music in the country. Heatley was confirmed at the age of 13 and stopped going to church the following year. After a decade-and-a-half of self-destructive behavior, he had a spiritual awakening while visiting California in 2001--about which, more later. Heatley now lives in Jackson Heights, NY, with his wife Rebecca Gopoian (an agnostic, Jewish-Armenian poet), and their two awesome children. This is his first book. Go easy on him.
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