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Stok has drawn an emotional, informative, and inspirational biography for artists and art lovers everywhere. Fantastic. --Library Journal online (starred review) This inventive art biography eschews the usual visual cliches and brings its subject into a sharp and sympathetic focus. --Publishers Weekly Ms. Stok's story of Van Gogh goes to dark places, following the artist's obsessive work ethic and manic outbursts into a clear psychotic episode. --New York Observer While approximating Van Gogh, she sticks to her own elemental, comic strip-like style that suggests both a simplified Tintin and a more complicated Peanuts. --Booklist

This inventive art biography eschews the usual visual cliches and brings its subject into a sharp and sympathetic focus. --Publishers Weekly Stok has drawn an emotional, informative, and inspirational biography for artists and art lovers everywhere. Fantastic. --Library Journal online (starred review) Ms. Stok's story of Van Gogh goes to dark places, following the artist's obsessive work ethic and manic outbursts into a clear psychotic episode. --New York Observer While approximating Van Gogh, she sticks to her own elemental, comic strip-like style that suggests both a simplified Tintin and a more complicated Peanuts. --Booklist

"""Ms. Stok's story of Van Gogh goes to dark places, following the artist's obsessive work ethic and manic outbursts into a clear psychotic episode.""-- ""New York Observer"" ""Stok has drawn an emotional, informative, and inspirational biography for artists and art lovers everywhere. Fantastic.""-- ""Library Journal online (starred review)"" ""This inventive art biography eschews the usual visual cliches and brings its subject into a sharp and sympathetic focus.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""While approximating Van Gogh, she sticks to her own elemental, comic strip-like style that suggests both a simplified Tintin and a more complicated Peanuts.""-- ""Booklist"""

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Barbara Stok is well known for her candid autobiographical graphic novels. She was awarded the 2009 Stripschapprijs for her body of comic-book work. In addition to writing for newspapers and magazines, Stok has authored eight books. She lives in the Netherlands.

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