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{{Short description|Graphic novel by the cartoonist Seth}}
{{for|the Scottish minister and liturgical scholar|George Washington Sprott}}
{{Infobox graphic novel
|title           = George Sprott
|image           = 
|imagesize       = 
|caption         = 
|date            = 2009
|origpublication = [[The New York Times Magazine]]
|origissues      = 
|origdate        = 2006
|pages           = 96
|publisher       = [[Drawn & Quarterly]]
|creator         = [[Seth (cartoonist)|Seth]]
|single_creator  = Y
|US              = N
}}

'''''George Sprott: (1894–1975)''''' is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist [[Seth (cartoonist)|Seth]], published in 2009.

The story tells of George Sprott, a vain and selfish 81-year-old retired television personality who reflects on his life,{{sfn|Cooke|2010}} and whose life is recalled by those around him after his death.{{sfn|Atkinson|2009}}  The comics are sprinkled with photos of models Seth made of buildings in the fictional Southern Ontario town of Dominion.

The story first ran as a serial in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' in one-page episodes{{sfn|Cooke|2010}} in 2006.  A collection in large dimensions appeared in 2009 from [[Drawn & Quarterly]].{{sfn|Atkinson|2009}}  The book won a [[Doug Wright Award]] in 2010.{{sfn|Hoffman|Grace|2015|p=24}}

In 2017, Vancouver-based composer Mark Haney premiered his [https://markhaney.ca/omnis-temporalis/ Omnis Temporalis] based on the story with an immersive cartoon space of the television station, CKCK, designed by Seth himself. A recording of the performance was released as a vinyl record with packaging designed by Seth in 2022.{{sfn|Atkinson|2009}}

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* {{cite news
|last       = Atkinson
|first      = Nathalie
|title      = The life of a small-town celeb
|work       = [[The Globe and Mail]]
|date       = 2009-08-07
}}
* {{cite web
|last       = Cooke
|first      = Rachel
|title      = George Sprott by Seth
|work       = [[The Guardian]]
|date       = 2010-06-20
|url        = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/20/seth-george-sprott-graphic-novel
|access-date = 2015-04-03
}}
* {{cite book
|last1     = Hoffman
|first1    = Eric
|last2     = Grace
|first2    = Dominick
|title     = Seth: Conversations
|year      = 2015
|publisher = University Press of Mississippi
|isbn      = 978-1-62674-387-8
}}
* {{cite web
|last       = Derdeyn
|first      = Stuart 
|title      = Omnis Temporalis is not your usual chamber novella recording package
|work       = [[Vancouver Sun]]
|date       = 2009-08-07
|url        = https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/omnis-temporalis-is-not-your-usual-chamber-novella-recording-package
|access-date = 2024-02-25
}}

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