Dandro, Travis

"Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize winner Travis Dandro expands the world of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood in all directions, creating stunning full-page tableaus where Pooh and everybody's favorite characters - Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, and of course, Christopher Robin - romp, argue, fail, and love. Indebted but not beholden to the unforgettable pen-and-ink drawings of E. H. Shepard, this addition to the canon of timeless literature for all ages encompasses all of the adventures from that classic first Winnie-the-Pooh volume" -- back cover.

"From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother. As a kid, Dandro would temper the tension of his every day with flights of fancy, finding refuge in toys and animals and insects rather than the unpredictable adults around him. Dandro perceptively details the effects of poverty and addiction on a family while maintaining a child's innocence for as long as he can. King of King Court spans from Travis's early childhood through his teen years, focusing not only on the obviously abusive actions, but also on the daily slights and snubs that further strain relations between him and his parents. Alongside Dandro's birth father committing crimes and shooting up, King of King Court lingers on scenes of him criticizing Travis and his siblings. Dandro gives equal heft to these anecdotes, emphasizing how damaging even relatively slight traumas can be to a child's worldview."--.

A dunamic and devastating memoir about the cycle of trauma caused by addiction within one family. From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother.