Unflattening Explained

Unflattening is a graphic novel by artist and researcher Nick Sousanis that was originally the first dissertation from Columbia University to be written in a comic book format. The book was published by Harvard University Press in April 2015 and won the 2015 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, taking top honor as book of the year. The Brazilian edition of the book (Desaplanar, editora Veneta, published in 2017), won the 2018 Troféu HQ Mix in the category "best theoretical book".^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Web site: Unflattening . Publishers Weekly.
2. Web site: Unflattening: How a Dissertation in Comics Form Reimagined Scholarship and Academic Writing . . 10 November 2014.
3. Web site: Penn State announces winner of the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year . . 19 April 2016.
4. Web site: Desaplanar, tese em HQ sobre nossa percepção visual, chega ao Brasil . Revista O Grito . 4 July 2017.
5. Web site: Universidades deveriam se abrir aos quadrinhos, diz autor de tese pioneira . . 6 August 2017.
6. Web site: "Desaplanar", tese em quadrinhos, rompe as fronteiras da academia . Metrópoles . 17 August 2017.
7. Web site: Barreiras da academia são de linguagem, não de inteligência, diz autor de tese em quadrinhos . Revista Cult . 21 August 2017.
8. Web site: Confira os vencedores do 30° Troféu HQ Mix . . 30 August 2018.

External links

• The book on Spin, Weave, and Cut - Nick Sousanis' Blog
• "Unflattening: A Verbal-Visual Inquiry to Curiosity" excerpts