Art Club (a Graphic Novel) -- Rashad Doucet, Hardcover

Inspired by the author's own childhood, this contemporary graphic novel paints a picture of an aspiring young artist on a mission to prove that the arts are worth fighting for.

Dale Donavan has heard the same lecture over and over again: Art will get you nowhere in life. A kid with a creative streak, Dale wants nothing more than to doodle, play video games, and create comics forever--maybe even as a full-time job one day. But between his grandfather pushing him to focus on his studies and a school with zero interest in funding arts programs, Dale feels like his future has already been decided for him.

That is, until he comes up with the perfect plan: What if he starts an after-school art club, gathers a team of creative students like himself, and proves all the naysayers--his stubborn vice principal in particular--wrong?

This might just work, but if the club isn't financially successful by the end of the semester, the school with shut them down. This may be Dale's only chance to show the adults in his life that a career as an artist is not just a dream but a possibility!

Author: Rashad Doucet
Publisher: Little, Brown Ink
Published: 02/06/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780759556362
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/06/2023
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 47

About the Author
Rashad Doucet is from New Orleans by way of Eunice and Ville Platte, Louisiana. He's been drawing comics since his grandma gave him a pencil and some paper to keep quiet during church. Rashad is currently a professor of sequential art at SCAD in Savannah, Georgia, where he can often be found listening to K-pop and watching way too much anime.