Tsu and the Outliers [Paperback]

One wild and wooly adventure, it's like Alan Moore and Gary Panter had a love child, rivaling Stranger Things for its beautiful thrills. This is a treasure. -- Toby Barlow

Tsu and the Outliersis a graphic novel about a non- verbal boy whose rural existence appears unbearable until rumors of a monstrous giant upend his mundane life. Tsu finds himself at the center of the mystery, as his strange metaphysical connection with the creature is revealed.As the dragnet closes in, Tsu is forced to choose between a dangerous path leading beyond the periphery of human perception or a life without his only friend.

The protagonist is autistic (loosely based on autistic child of the author) and serves as a great story for non verbal, autistic spectum kids

great boys adventure story

YA audience target

monsters!

?talking monkeys

weird conspiracies

the hero skateboardsE Eero Johnson is a graphic artist from the Northern Midwest whos lived in Rhode Island, Hawaii, and New York. His illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Wired. His comics have been featured inLos Angeles Magazine,The New York Times, andNozone. He collaborated on the hybrid novel/graphic novel Original Fake with author Kirstin Cronn-Mills for Penguin Books, and he co-published the experimentalKozmo-Knotthe Never-Ending Comic Book with Uncivilized Books.Tsu and The Outliersis his first complete graphic novel.A non-verbal boy with psychic powers, a mysterious forest giant, a talking monkey& beyond the normal and average there are& the outliers. Tsu's loneliness and isolation, and the sweetness of the bond with his unlikely friend, are both poignant and potent. Kirkus Reviews

Tsu and the Outliersis an interesting look at a new type of superhero: a young non-verbal boy who is able to communicate with a creature that his world is afraid of. There are some interesting discussion points when it l'