Crazy Like a Fox
Adventures in Schizophrenia
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Street Noise Books
Published:23rd May '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Major review attention
National media, especially targeting NPR, 40 Under 40, Out Magazine, and The Advocate.
Online/social media promotion
Local author tour in the Midwest
Academic marketing Buzz mailings to LGBTQ rights organizations and mental health advocacy organizations
Advertising in the Gay and Lesbian Review
Potential strategic partnerships: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Promotion through the author’s Instagram account: @christifurnas
Bookseller/Library promotions:
• ARC giveaways through the ABA Advance Access Newsletter
• Blad giveaways to librarians and educators who attend the NY Public Library Programming at San Diego ComicCon and NYComicCon
• Book giveaways at Winter Institute, ALA annual, the Brooklyn Book Festival, Toronto Comic Arts, SPX, MoCCA, and FlameCon.
• Graphic novel panels at ALA annual, San Diego ComicCon, FlameCon, SPX, and NYComicCon.
April 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine
This autobiographically-inspired graphic novel explores mental health and schizophrenia in a surprising and emotionally honest story with a fantastical cast of animal characters.
Fox Foxerson's got a new roommate. Fox Foxerson's got a new job. Fox Foxerson's got a date. The roommate is only a little strange, sometimes. The job seems to involve . . . filing? It's not very clear. The date seems to be more interested in someone else. Fox would rather be making art.
As the oppressive weight of the everyday routine beats down on Fox, nothing is going right. And it doesn't seem like anyone can help — not Fox's roommate, not Fox's friends, and definitely not the nurses and doctors at the hospital, who don't seem to take notice of anything Fox tries to tell them. Fox needs some time and space to figure things out. This quirky, humorous graphic novel tinged with pathos, immerses readers in the constant question: are you okay? Fox is not okay, but Fox is working on it.
April 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine
"Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups... Here are 25 fantastic books releasing in April that I recommend you dig into.... There are stunning debuts, masterful historical fiction, kaleidoscopic short stories, thoughtful manifestas, moving memoirs, groundbreaking nonfiction, and so much more.... Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures on Schizophrenia--Based on her own experiences, Christi Furnas’s debut graphic novel tackles a tough subject with humor and simplicity. Through sweet line drawings of animal friends, Furnas helps to alleviate the stigma of a schizophrenia diagnosis, reinforces the validity of being okay (or not), and illustrates the importance of continually 'working on it.'” —Karla J. Strand, Ms. Magazine”Furnas skewers the mental healthcare system in her sharp-edged graphic novel debut. . . This surreal work reflects the disorientation of mental breakdown.”—Publishers Weekly
“A work of blunt brilliance. With disarming humor and irresistible charm, Fox Foxerson calls everything exactly what it is. I highly recommend this funny and loving book.” —Amy Kurzweil, author of Artificial: A Love Story
“Energetic, surprising, and often funny, the simple line drawings belie the complexity of one person’s fascinating quest for healing. An important addition to the field of graphic medicine.” —Elizabeth Trembley, author of Look Again: A Memoir
“A cast of creatively chosen animal avatars carries us through this story while effectively critiquing the sometimes arbitrary and confusing mental health treatment establishment.” —MK Czerwiec, author of Taking Turns
"Furnas skewers the mental healthcare system in her sharp-edged graphic novel debut, which interweaves candid autobiographical moments into the story of aspiring artist Fox Foxerson and a bevy of other anthropomorphic critters. . . . Emotional turmoil surfaces in the ample white space around simple black-and-white doodled art--in one paranoid episode, the clawed hands of a spectral figure grasp for Fox's spiraling mind. Following multiple suicide attempts, Fox receives a schizophrenia diagnosis that sets in motion a frenetic journey through a morass of hospitals and psychiatric facilities where unsympathetic physicians are cleverly illustrated as interchangeable sock puppets with creepy button eyes. Chapters tend to end abruptly, as does the book, absent of resolution. This surreal work reflects the disorientation of mental breakdown." —Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9781951491284
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
240 pages