Ande's second graphic novel for Oni press was released in July of 2005.  CAPOTE IN KANSAS deals with the time Truman Capote spent in Kansas while working on his masterpiece, In Cold Blood.  Here's how Oni's press release describes the book:

Murder. Not intricately plotted “whodunit.” Not fiery passionate fury. But dirty, sad, disturbing actions from real people.
That’s what Truman Capote decided to use for IN COLD BLOOD—his bold experiment in the realm of the non-fiction “novel.” Following in that legacy is CAPOTE IN KANSAS, a fictionalized tale of Capote’s time in Middle America researching his classic book. Capote’s struggles with the town, the betrayal, and his own troubled past make this book a compelling portrait of one of the greatest literary talents of the 20th century.

Joining Ande for Capote In Kansas is super-talented newcomer, Chris Samnee.  Chris's work is just mind-blowing, especially considering his tender age.  He brings real sensitivity and emotional impact to the book.  You can check out sample pages at Oni's site.

Capote In Kansas has been picked up by both Border's and Barnes and Noble, so you can get it at many of their stores.  Of course, it's also available online from Oni Press, Amazon, or from Tales of Wonder.

Now that the Phillip Seymour Hoffman Capote movie has been released, Ande has been answering the same question with great frequency lately.  Yes, Ande knows about the film and how similar the plot is to Capote In Kansas.  While the two works are based on the same time in Truman's life, though, Capote In Kansas takes a decidedly different approach by introducing the ghost of one of the victims of the Clutter slayings as a major character.  Believe it or not, there is another film coming out about the same time in Truman's life!  This film, called Have You Heard, is scheduled to be released in 2006, although Ande wonders if it can possibly be released nation-wide after the Hoffman film's good reviews and Oscar buzz.  Time will tell.  How does Ande explain the rash of Capote projects?  He doesn't, although he found interesting the take of James Wolcott in a recent Vanity Fair article.  Wolcott speculates that the Bonnie Lee Bakley murder got people thinking about Robert Blake, which got people thinking about Blake's superb work in the film version of In Cold Blood, which got people thinking about Truman Capote's time in Kansas.  Parks, however, claims that he had been thinking about Capote long before the Blake case.  "I actually had the idea for a Capote book before I wrote my first graphic novel, Union Station," says Parks.  "I figured it wasn't a very commercial idea for a first book, so I went with gangsters."  Turns out it was such a commercial idea that two films were financed about it... nice move, Parks!

Anyway, Capote In Kansas has been getting rave reviews.  Here are a few of Ande's favorites:

Randy Lander wrote the first review of CIK to appear.  He loves it, bless his heart!  Read it here:
http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/snapjudgments/071105/capoteinkansas.shtml

Greg McElhatton also has very nice things to say at iComics:
http://www.icomics.com/rev_072505_capoteinkansas.shtml

Zack Smith, at ninthart, had reservations about the idea, but loved the book!
http://www.icomics.com/rev_072505_capoteinkansas.shtml

Colleen Mondor wrote this lovely review/slash interview at bookslut:
http://www.bookslut.com/features/2005_10_006772.php

Sequential Tart's Lee Atchison also wrote a very kind review:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=4017&issue=2005-08-01

This just in... a new, favorable review from Bob Weinberg of Florida's City Link magazine:
http://www.southflorida.com/citylink/sfe-cl-101205books,0,7960848.story?coll=sfe-cl-top-promo%2F

The books has been big in the blogosphere, as well.  Here are just a few of the bloggers who liked it:

Gary Sasseman raved about the book in his Innocent Bystander blog:
http://innocentbystander.typepad.com/innocent_bystander/2005/08/capote_in_kansa.html

Eric Stephenson really blew Ande away with this blog entry:
Oni's Capote in Kansas, by Ande Parks and Chris Samnee, is simply the best thing I've read all year. A fictional account of Truman Capote's experiences in Kansas whilst researching In Cold Blood, it's a true work of art. And it made a blubbering mess out of yours truly. I'm not typically brought to tears by much of what I read, but this one had me welling up from about midway through. And I'm even tearing up as I write this now. It's a moving piece of work, a true testament to the power of words and pictures, when combined as one.

Tony Isabella loved it, too!
CAPOTE IN KANSAS takes its inspiration from IN COLD BLOOD, Truman Capote's classic "non-fiction novel" as writer Ande Parks relates a "fictionalized account" of Capote's research into the 1959 murders of Clutter family in Kansas. Parks and Chris Samnee - whose work recalls George Tuska's brilliant CRIME DOES NOT PAY art - show us Capote's initial, unfortunately doltish attempts to interview the townspeople about their slain neighbors. We see him find a way to connect with the victims, those who mourn them, and even their killers, a journey that takes him to Death Row and a sort of closure to the story he is driven to tell. Save room on next year's nominating ballots for CAPOTE IN KANSAS; it's clearly one of the best graphic novels of the year. On our usual scale of zero to five, it earns the full five Tonys.