The Understanding Monster - Book Three
The highly anticipated third book of Theo Ellworth's the Understanding Monster completes his epic trilogy, which the New York Times calls "an urgent (and often very funny) attempt to explain a coocoo-rococo cosmology made up of garbled fragments of role-playing games, Transformers episodes, relaxation exercises and horror movies."
The first book of the Understanding Monster trilogy was both a Best American Comics 2014 selection and a Lynd Ward Prize Honor Book. In addition to numerous gallery shows, including Giant Robot in Los Angeles and the Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, his artwork has appeared on album covers for Ramona Falls and Flying Lotus.
Theo Ellsworth's Capacity will be re-released alongside the Understanding Monster Book Three. Counted among the best books of its original publication year by the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice and the Huffington Post among many others, Capacity is returning for a third printing in a deluxe and unique stitched, softcover binding. A limited quantity will include a signed and numbered artist plate tipped into the book.
Ellsworth will be touring North America in support of the Understanding Monster - Book Three. He has a deeply devoted following who greet him in great numbers at every appearance.
Theo Ellsworth is a self-taught artist and storyteller living in the mountains of Montana with a witch doctor and their two sons. He is a co-founder of the Pony Club Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and has served on the jury of the Small Press Expo's Ignatz Awards. His art, which Pitchfork describes as "a combination of Where the Wild Things Are, a fever dream, a pagan woodland ceremony, and a notebook doodle," has shown at galleries across the country, including Giant Robot in New York and Los Angeles, and has graced the covers of several popular musicians' albums, including Ramona Falls and Flying Lotus. Most recently, he has collaborated with Viscosity Theatre on the stage production of Mystery Mark, incorporating his artwork into the stage design and costumes.
