"Van Gieson thinks like cinema. Big. Epic. For the reader, the question is simple: do you wanna ride along? VROOM!"—
Comics Bulletin
Eel Mansions
, Derek Van Gieson's first full-length graphic novel, is a supernatural soap opera noir. Set in Mill City: a grimy place inhabited by new wave satanists, secret agents, booze-hounds, record-store clerks, conspiracy theorists, murderers, and cartoonists. Derek Van Gieson skillfully unweaves a knotted sweater of intrigue, suspense, and dark humor.
Derek Van Gieson
is a Minneapolis-based artist, writer, and musician. His work appeared in the
New York Times
, the
New Yorker
, and the
Stranger
.