Minneapolis-based Uncivilized Books is an independent publisher and think tank specializing in comic books and rogue theories. For over a decade, it has championed intelligent comics, graphic novels, and criticism, and released works by some of the best cartoonists on the planet: Gabrielle Bell, Matt Madden, Joann Sfar, David B., Alan Moore, Noah Van Sciver, Jenna Cha, Lonnie Nadler, and many more. They recently completed serializing Ginseng Roots, a significant new work from Craig Thompson ("Blankets"). Uncivilized Books is run by cartoonist Tom Kaczynski.