**Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman,
Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen
Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.
From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen
Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. A
lively and popular young man, it's no surprise that he would later rise
to celebrity status.
At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular
disease. Though the disease weakened his muscles and limited his ability
to move and speak, it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do
groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades
after being told he had only a few years to live. He brought his
intimate understanding of the universe to the public in his 1988
bestseller, A Brief History of Time. Soon after, he added pop-culture
icon to his accomplishments by playing himself on shows like Star
Trek, The Simpsons, and The Big Bang Theory, and becoming an
outspoken advocate for disability rights.
In Hawking, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Leland Myrick have crafted
an intricate portrait of the great thinker, the public figure, and the
man behind both identities.