Noah Van Sciver’s The Mess turns a family clean-out into a supernatural hunt

Fantagraphics releases the cartoonist’s first fully fictional graphic novel on September 29, following a mother and son searching a dead relative’s house for a missing Picasso.

Fantagraphics puts Noah Van Sciver’s The Mess on sale September 29, bringing a family inheritance dispute into the cartoonist’s first fully fictional graphic novel. The publisher’s product listing follows Erin Messina and her teenage son Jackson as they clear out the home of her estranged father. A remembered Picasso

drawing gives them a reason to search, but Jackson also hears about a nearby murder and a suspected killer who still lives across the street. The publisher describes the book as a mix of family drama, suspense and humor, with the search eventually reaching into the supernatural. Van Sciver’s previous work has ranged

from satire and autobiography to historical nonfiction; The Mess is a new direction into original fiction. The listing gives a US on-sale date and does not promise uniform availability in other territories. Headline image: official book-cover art; credit: Fantagraphics / Noah Van Sciver.

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