Bottomless Belly Button is a graphic novel comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. When the parents announce their divorce, the family comes together at their beach house for a week. Dennis, the eldest son, is having marriage troubles of his own, and searches for clues, trap doors, and secret tunnels. Claire, the middle child, is a single mother with a troubled 16-year-old daughter, Jill. The youngest child, Peter, is a hack filmmaker suffering from paralyzing insecurities who establishes an unorthodox romance with a mysterious day care counselor at the beach.


Author: Dash Shaw
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 04/03/2018
Pages: 720
Weight: 3.12lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.13w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9781560979159


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/23/2008 pg. 42
Booklist 06/01/2008 pg. 59
Entertainment Weekly 08/08/2008 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 29
Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2008 pg. 106

About the Author
Shaw, Dash: - Dash Shaw lives in Richmond, VA. He was a 2010 Sundance Labs fellow and a 2014-2015 Cullman Center fellow at the New York Public Library. A cartoonist, animator, and illustrator, he was born in Los Angeles and attended the School of Visual Arts.