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	'''''George Sprott''''' is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist ], published in ~~2010~~.~~{{sfn\|Cooke\|2010}}~~		'''''George Sprott: (1894–1975)''''' is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist ], published in 2009.

	The story tells of George Sprott, a vain and selfish 81-year-old retired television personality who reflects on his life, ~~delivered~~ in a ~~series~~ of ~~flashbacks~~. The comics are sprinkled with photos of ~~the~~ models Seth made of buildings in the fictional Southern Ontario town of Dominion.~~{{sfn\|Cooke\|2010}}~~		The story tells of George Sprott, a vain and selfish 81-year-old retired television personality who reflects on his life,{{sfn\|Cooke\|2010}} and whose life is recalled by those around him after his death.{{sfn\|Atkinson\|2009}} The comics are sprinkled with photos of models Seth made of buildings in the fictional Southern Ontario town of Dominion.

	The story first ran as a serial in '']'' in one-page episodes.{{sfn\|Cooke\|2010}}		The story first ran as a serial in '']'' in one-page episodes{{sfn\|Cooke\|2010}} in 2006. A collection in large dimensions appeared in 2009 from ].{{sfn\|Atkinson\|2009}} The book won a ] in 2010.{{sfn\|Hoffman\|Grace\|2015\|p=24}}

			In 2017, Vancouver-based composer Mark Haney premiered his based on the story with an immersive cartoon space of the television station, CKCK, designed by Seth himself. A recording of the performance was released as a vinyl record with packaging designed by Seth in 2022.{{sfn\|Atkinson\|2009}}

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Graphic novel by the cartoonist Seth For the Scottish minister and liturgical scholar, see George Washington Sprott.

George Sprott
Creator	Seth
Date	2009
Page count	96 pages
Publisher	Drawn & Quarterly
Original publication
Published in	The New York Times Magazine
Date of publication	2006

George Sprott: (1894–1975) is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Seth, published in 2009.

The story tells of George Sprott, a vain and selfish 81-year-old retired television personality who reflects on his life, and whose life is recalled by those around him after his death. The comics are sprinkled with photos of models Seth made of buildings in the fictional Southern Ontario town of Dominion.

The story first ran as a serial in The New York Times Magazine in one-page episodes in 2006. A collection in large dimensions appeared in 2009 from Drawn & Quarterly. The book won a Doug Wright Award in 2010.

In 2017, Vancouver-based composer Mark Haney premiered his Omnis Temporalis based on the story with an immersive cartoon space of the television station, CKCK, designed by Seth himself. A recording of the performance was released as a vinyl record with packaging designed by Seth in 2022.

Works cited

Atkinson, Nathalie (2009-08-07). "The life of a small-town celeb". The Globe and Mail.
Cooke, Rachel (2010-06-20). "George Sprott by Seth". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
Hoffman, Eric; Grace, Dominick (2015). Seth: Conversations. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-387-8.
Derdeyn, Stuart (2009-08-07). "Omnis Temporalis is not your usual chamber novella recording package". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2024-02-25.

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Creators

English	Kate Beaton Chester Brown David Collier Julie Doucet Debbie Drechsler Kevin Huizenga Dylan Horrocks Jason Lutes Joe Matt Anders Nilsen Seth Adrian Tomine
Translations	Guy Delisle Dupuy and Berberian Seiichi Hayashi Tove Jansson/Lars Jansson Susumu Katsumata Shigeru Mizuki Rutu Modan Michel Rabagliati Yoshihiro Tatsumi Tadao Tsuge Kuniko Tsurita Murasaki Yamada
Reprints	Frank King John Stanley Doug Wright

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