HIDDEN SYSTEMS by Dan Nott ’18 made the long list for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature!

November 6, 2023

Published by Random House Graphic, HIDDEN SYSTEMS was Dan’s thesis project at #CartoonStudies! What was the first message sent over the internet? How much water does a single person use every day? These are just two of the questions Dan explores in this dynamic book for children.

“The true power of comics is on display here” —@ALA_Booklist

“A necessary introductory approach to everyday systems that briefly interrogates the bias and inequalities embedded within them.” —Publishers Weekly

Dan Nott is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator living in Vermont. Dan’s short comics and illustrations for investigative journalism have appeared in Spotlight PA, The Nib, Resist!, and Seven Days, and in publications for NJ Advance Media and WBUR, among others. Dan graduated with an MFA from The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) and was the lead writer and cartoonist for its free nationally distributed comic on the U.S. government called THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. Dan teaches classes about making comics and comics history at CCS.