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One of the most promising young talents in cartooning makes his debut with a dazzlingcollection—part freakish dreamlife, part quirk-o-rama autobiography, all genius.

Long a fixture in comics anthologies, David Heatley’s deceptively crude, wickedlyobservant drawings have begun showing up on the New York Times op-ed pages and thecover of the New Yorker, introducing him to a vast new audience, Now, in My BrainIs Hanging Upside Down (title courtesy of the Ramones song), we are treated to thefull range of Heatley’s remarkable, wildly unique voice and vision.

My Brain IsHanging Upside Down is Heatley’s life story told in six different but connected narrativethreads. “Sex History” describes every sexual encounter dating back to kindergarten,with details that would make a therapist blush. “Black History” is an unflinchinglyhonest meditation on his own racism.”Portrait of My Mom” and “Portrait of My Dad”are beautifully paced vignettes, skewering and celebrating his lovably dysfunctionalparents. “Family History” tells the story of his family from his great-great-grandparents’lives and closes with the birth of his own children. Woven in and around the largerpieces are “dream comics” that expand on the same themes with a baffling unconsciouslogic. Every inch of My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down is filled with visceral artand emotionally resonant storytelling at once stunning, truthful, and uncomfortablyhilarious.