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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 lives and works in Los Angeles. He received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. He was a teenager throughout the 1980s and thrives on exploring how the popular culture of the decade affects the lives of his characters.

Stanton 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, brought on by prominent birthmarks around both of his eyes. Nick draws to try to make sense of his chaotic world as he realizes that he might be gay.

The book Christopher Stanton is a creative writer and artist from Columbus, OH who lives and works in Los Angeles. He received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. He was a teenager throughout the 1980s and thrives on exploring how the popular culture of the decade affects the lives of his characters.

Stanton 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, brought on by prominent birthmarks around both of his eyes. Nick draws to try to make sense of his chaotic world as he realizes that he might be gay.

The book is on the shelves at more than forty libraries across the United States, both public and college, including Harvard, UCLA and Berkeley.

Its sequel - Nick Pope: Summer of '88 - was published in March 2026. It features drawings by Raymond Klecker and is a BookLife Editor's Pick, a Staff Pick from Independent Book Review, and it received a starred review from Kirkus.

His book Dandelion Crossing is about the first week of a controversial, brand-new suburban shopping mall in 1983, told through stories of fourteen characters who work and visit there. Kirkus said: "In Stanton's capable hands, the sterile mall quickly transforms into an unlikely town square: a place where people not only search for goods and services, but for connection in all its forms. A heartfelt and deeply human collective portrait set in a palace of consumerism."

Stanton's horror thriller Kings of the Earth, about a haunted surfing town on Lake Michigan, was nominated for the 2020 TopShelf Book Award. He published a second book: The Underachiever: Collected Stories in 2021. Both books are widely available.

Stanton has also completed his second novel Neon Muscle, about a huge fitness center in Los Angeles in 1983. Centering on five characters connected to the gym, the book explores the 80s fitness craze, the emergence of AIDS, the LA art scene and the world of male strip clubs.
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Average rating: 4.48 · 42 ratings · 20 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kings of the Earth 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick Pope by Christopher Stanton (Goodreads Author), Christopher Darling (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dandelion Crossing 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Underachiever: Collected Stories 2000-2010 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick Pope: Summer of '88 by Christopher Stanton (Goodreads Author), Raymond Klecker (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reedsy Discovery has rated Nick Pope: Summer of '88 as a 5-star must-read. They call it "an equal parts heartwarming and emotional slice-of-life story about the tension, pain, love, and joy in a teen boy's life in the eighties."
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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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