144 pages; hardcover; partial color

Eleanor Davis is one of the finest cartoonists of her generation, and has been producing comics since the mid-2000s. How to Be Happyrepresents the best stories she's drawn for such connoisseurial venues as Momeand Nobrow, as well as her own selfpublishing and web efforts. Davis achieves a rare, subtle poignancy in her narratives that are at once compelling and elusive, pregnant with mystery with a deeply satisfying emotional resonance.