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Christopher Stanton

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Fiction, Graphic Novels, Horror

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Raymond Carver, Larry Brown and Willy Vlautin.

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Christopher Stanton is a creative writer and artist from Columbus, OH who has lived and worked in Los Angeles for thirty years. He received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California.

His book Dandelion Crossing, about the first week of a controversial, brand-new suburban shopping mall in 1983, told through stories of fourteen characters who cross paths there, is now available.

Stanton also created the graphic novel Nick Pope, illustrated by the late Christopher Darling. It's the illustrated diary of a high school sophomore in 1987 who struggles with depression, bullying and low self-esteem. Nick draws to try to make sense of his chaotic world.

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Nick Pope: Summer of '88 in Graphic Medicine

I'm so proud of this review, especially how it highlights the important work of my collaborator, Raymond Klecker!

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Published on April 07, 2026 10:30 • Tags: 1980s, diary-fiction, graphic-novel

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Sep 04, 2025 02:52PM

If you read and enjoyed Nick Pope, I'd be most grateful if you added it to these lists via Listopia:

+ Graphic Novels Set in the 1980s
+ Graphic Novels About Artists
+ Best Graphic Novels Set in the Past

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