#Lucy Knisley

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me: “oh, did you know lucy knisley [a comic artist we enjoy] is releasing a new kids book in her series of kids books?”

my dad: “what?????”

me: “yeah, it’s called sugar shack.”

my dad: “and she’s making these books? kid’s books?”

me: “???? yeah??? i mean they can be enjoyed by adults too.”

my dad: “huh!”

me: “we have two of them already.”

my dad: “we do????”

me: “yeah, stepping stones and apple crush.”

my dad: “oh you’re talking about lucy KNISLEY!”

me: “wait… did i say dacus?”

my mom: “no, you said it right.”

my dad: “ohhhh that makes so much more sense. no i didn’t know that.”

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Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake

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Adventure Time returns to comics in 2024 with Oni

Adventure Time returns to comics in 2024 with Oni #comics #comicbooks #adventuretime

C’mon, grab your friends and head to distant lands because Adventure Time is coming back to comics! Oni Press has announced a new partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) and Cartoon Network to bring the beloved, award-winning library of Adventure Time comic books and graphic novels back into print with brand-new, lovingly crafted compendium collections, beginning…

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Book Review #36 of 2024--

Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley. Rating: 4 stars.

Read on June 2nd.

Before I get into the bulk of my review, a quick thank you to NetGalley and the publishers over at Random House Graphic for allowing me access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair is a graphic novel that follows an orange cat named Linney who is just like your own cat. Linney has very specific needs and wants which gives her servants (“owners”) a lot of fun stories about her. Any cat owner will find similarities between their own cats and Linney in fun comic form. Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair comes out on July 2nd and is available for preorder now.

Linney is just hilarious. She also speaks in a very specific way that all cat owners can understand. What cat doesn’t sound like a Victorian child in desperate need of aid? I found this so relatable as someone with a 9 year old cat who is just very specific in what she likes and dislikes. I DO wish that there had been a running theme or something to tie all of these comics together throughout the graphic novel. There were some harsh breaks between different situations which I didn’t love.

Otherwise, this was so cute and so sweet (and so sad at the end) and I definitely recommend it for fans of cats, for cat servants, and people who enjoy a good graphic novel/comic.

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Cute baby books for the Spring!

Cute baby books for the Spring! @chroniclekids #twirlbooks @barbfisch

Adorable books for the littlest ones are coming your way! Board books, squishy books, books to inspire and inform: they’re here and they’re wonderful! How Are You?, by Édoudard Manceau, (March 2023, Twirl Books), $12.99, ISBN: 9791036353246 Ages 0-3 A colorful, expressive round face goes through a series of feelings in this board book that begins with the question “How are you?” The figure…

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An Age of License a Travelogue by Lucy Knisley.

‘The French have a saying for the time when you’re young and experimenting with your lives and your careers. They call it L’age Licence’And this what Lucy’s book is about. A journal of her travels but also a journey of self discovery.I love Lucy Knisley’s work. This was a real treat.

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Bulk (on a Promethea plane in the aftermath of the Eltarian War): Okay, in an effort to relieve some of the boredom during this horrible flight, let’s play the worst travel game ever. Tommy: …Spot the Car? Bulk: No. Badly Describe Your Favorite Movie. Kimberly start us off, then everyone clockwise. GO! Kim: Uh, best woman Renaissance painter’s life story is retconned to be about her forbidden relationship with her teacher. Billy: Harrison Ford sets out to solve his wife’s murder while pursued by Tommy Lee Jones--then they end up together. Jason: Big City kid moves to a farming town with the population being under two hundred and is guided into his coming of age by a collie that might be a god? Zack: Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze engage in the most homoerotic surfer bank robber movie of all time. Trini: A reimagining of the Russian Revolution as an animated musical where the youngest Romanov daughter isn’t shot to death and buried in a shallow grave. Matt: Tom Hanks forms a meaningful relationship with his volleyball, before the volleyball leaves so the man can be free to return to civilization and his wife. Adam: A trio of selfish frat boys go through the process of appreciating feminism through drag and multiple incidents of sexual harassment and assault. Aisha: Bed ridden stuntman drug addict tells a young girl the story of the flicker show he was working on and somehow gets flipped into not killing himself because she thinks of this story as more grand and beautiful than religion. Rocky: Wild stallion with eyebrows and Matt Damon’s voice fucks up and has to spend half the movie escaping the military. Tommy: Woman wants a little space from her clingy, possessive boyfriend, inherits her aunt’s apartment and ends up uncovering a serial killer’s morbid fantasy about recreating Egyptian tombs. Skull: Modern musical about a construction worker cheating on his wife, his foreign girlfriend realizing she has feelings for him in the worst possible way, his wife giving him what for, and his dying of cancer right after making peace with everyone. Bulk: A talent show during summer, wherein the gayest musical number of all time culminates in the boys involved swapping clothes and having a lunch date in the aftermath.

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July 2024 Reads

Funny Story - Emily Henry

Summer Romance - Annabel Monaghan

Until Next Summer - Ali Brady

All Roads Lead to Rome - Sabrina Fedel

Expiration Dates - Rebecca Serle

Director's Cut - Carlyn Greenwald

How to Get the Girl - Anita Kelly

Once Upon a Leap Year - Anna Bell

On the Bright Side - Anna Sortino

Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses - Katrina Emmel

Heir, Apparently - Kara McDowell

Only One Survives - Hannah Mary McKinnon

The Lost Alchemist - Samantha Vitale

The Fireborne Blade - Charlotte Bond

The Elizabeth Stories - Isabel Huggan

Pirate Stew - Neil Gaiman

Little Ghost Makes a Friend - Maggie Edkins Willis

Woe - Lucy Knisley

Give Me Space But Don't Go Far - Haley Weaver

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me - Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Cat + Gamer, Volume 1 - Wataru Nadatani

None of the Above - Travis Albanaza

Cactus Country - Zoe Bossiere

Soundtrack of Silence - Matt Hay

Just Add Water - Katie Ledecky

I've Tried Being Nice - Ann Leary

Did I Ever Tell You? - Genevieve Kingston

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This - Chelsea Devantez

Little Earthquakes - Sarah Mandel

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried - Susannah Gora

Healing Through the Vagus Nerve - Amanda Armstrong

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents - Sherrie Campbell

The Love Prescription - John M. Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman

Better Sex Through Mindfulness - Lori A. Brotto

Stop People Pleasing - Hailey Paige Magee

True to You - Kathleen Smith

Bold = Highly Recommend

Italics = Worth It

Crossed Out = Nope

Thoughts:  The latest Emily Henry audiobook narrated by Julia Whalen did not disappoint. And overall, this was a pretty decent reading month.

Goodreads Goal: 257/300 2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads | 2022 Reads | 2023 Reads | 2024 Reads

[enchantress-emily]

I'm using @hiveworks' Micro Comic Summer event to expand my creative horizons with an autobiographical comic! This idea has been in my head for a long time, inspired by Lucy Knisley's work and the Secret Loves of Geeks/Geek Girls anthologies.

(Note: shortly after finishing this comic I discovered the term "aegoromantic", which means liking the idea of romance but not wanting it yourself. I'm so happy to know it's not just me who feels like this!)

For the curious, a list of the fictional characters included on each page is under the cut.

Page 1 Panel 2: The Phouka and Eddi from War for the Oaks by Emma Bull Panel 3: (me pretending to be) Tanya from Dance, Tanya by Patricia Lee Gauch; Laura from the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Morwen from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede Page 2 Panel 1: Arrietty and Peagreen from The Borrowers Avenged by Mary Norton Panel 2: Hugo and Anthea from The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer; Csevet and Maia from The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Panel 3: Vincent (Knotty) from Widdershins by Kate Ashwin Page 3 Panel 5: Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman; Chrestomanci from the series of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones; Moist von Lipwig from Going Postal by Terry Pratchett; Tayse and Senneth from the Twelve Houses series by Sharon Shinn

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Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake

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One more fun thing from this weekend! Before we went to karaoke on friday, a smaller group of us got dinner beforehand for my friend's husband's 40th (he is also my friend? I guess? feels weird to not call him my friend's husband though)

Anyway my friend was struggling on where we should eat and one of her friends suggested going to a private supper club that she was already going to, so that's what we did, and it was SO FUN. It's like going to a dinner party but with no one having to clean up or make a single decision! It was $125 per person and we got 5 or 6 courses, and it was more than I could eat. There was a short rib entree that I barely touched bc the app and fish courses were so good. If you are local it's called Twilight Kitchen and the dinners are like monthly in Rogers Park and you just make a reservation! I would say it's definitely a fair price for the meal. And it's BYOB, which is fun!

ALSO the friend who suggested it was graphic novelist Lucy Knisley, who I've been a fan of for YEARS and YEARS. She made a joke about her mom at the start of dinner and started to explain her mom to me, and I was like, full disclosure, I know this already bc I have read all of your books. My friend was like, Sarah Beth introduced me to your work long before we met in person!! Yes I did! Anyway I fangirled a tiny moment but it was mostly just very normal and now we are going to be friends. I invited her to my birthday party.

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Cover reveal!!

Hi tumblr, sorry I forgot you existed for like a year or something lol... 😅

So yeah, FYI for anyone who's read my comic about growing up gay and Orthodox Jewish here or somewhere else online, it's coming out as a physical book Feb 6!!!

You can preorder it here, or at plenty of other websites, or you can of course ask for it at your local comic shop / bookstore, and/or request it at your local library! Any of those would be amazing!!

Here are some really nice things some other cartoonists who've read it have said about it:

“I'm so glad this beautiful, thoughtful book exists for readers who need it; for anyone fighting their way out or searching for a clear path. I can't wait to share it with kids who need it!” —Lucy Knisley, author of Kid Gloves and Relish

“I loved this book! It is for any of us who have been othered by our upbringing. This book lets you know that the journey out is worth it.” —Shelby Criswell, author of Queer As All Get Out

“While the circumstances of growing up in a strict orthodox household are highly individual, the feelings of loneliness and confusion mixed with hope are universal. Read it and remember.” —Rob Kirby, author of Marry Me a Little

“This tenderly-drawn journey of self-definition gave me a peek into a very different world. I loved it.” —Hazel Newlevant, author of No Ivy League

I hope you like it!!! 💖

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The Pre-Order for my debut middle grade graphic novel "On Guard!" is now live! Its about Fencing and Divorce and Friendship

Grace is trying to find her footing in 7th grade, but between a best friend break up and her rocky relationship with her mom, it isn’t easy. Is the middle school fencing club the answer to finding her people…and maybe even herself? On guard! Ready? Fence! Grace isn’tready for a new school year. Her best friend Ava dropped her at the end of last year, the dust is still settling from her parents’ messy divorce, and things are not going well between Grace and her mom. Mothers and daughters are always so close in movies. But that’s never been Grace and her mom. So now Grace has no friends, no hobbies (band was Ava’s thing), and home feels even more complicated than school. There’s not a single place Grace can just relax. Until, she sees the school’s fencing club practicing. They look so sure of themselves. So steady. It may not solve everything…but could this be a place Grace can finally belong and be herself? “A great story about a kid finding her footing (and a cool new sport!) despite the shifting sands of divorce.” –Lucy Knisley, New York Times Bestselling creator of Stepping Stones

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"Adventure Time" Returns to Comics

Oni Press, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, and Cartoon Network are partnering on new compendium collections of Adventure Time comics for 2024, followed by a new Adventure Time comic book series launching in 2025.

The compendium collections being with Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 1, collecting the first 35 issues led by Ryan North and containing artwork by Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb, Mike Holmes, Jim Rugg, T. Zysk, Kat Philbin, David Cutler, Ian McGinty, Jesse Tise, Carey Pietsch, Yumi Sakugawa, Liz Prince, Becca Tobin, Missy Peña, Jeffrey Brown, Jess Fink, and Dustin Nguyen.

Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 1, featuring a cover by Chris Houghton, goes on sale in October 2024.

Adventure Time: The Fionna and Cake Compendium collects Natasha Allegri's Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake #1��6 and Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars #1–6 from writer Jen Wang and artists Britt Wilson and Betty Liang, and shorts from creators N.D. Stevenson, Lucy Knisley, and Kate Leth.

Adventure Time: The Fionna and Cake Compendium goes on sale in November 2024.

New Adventure Time graphic novels and comic book series will begin publication in 2025.

(Images via Oni Press - Chris Houghton's Cover of Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 1 and Cover of Adventure Time: The Fionna and Cake Compendium)

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[ID: 3 photos of making mushroom and egg toast, showing 1) a cutting board with mushrooms, purple garlic, and a shallot, 2) a frying pan with sauteed mushrooms and two fried eggs, and 3) a plate with two pieces of toast piled with sauteed mushrooms and a fried egg each, plus many cherries next to the toast. End ID]

an extremely farmer's market meal featuring purple hardneck garlic + tart cherries + crimini and shiitake mushrooms from the market this morning, plus a shallot + fried eggs + toast + honey diijon + salt and pepper and maggi sauce for my favorite meal i've made this summer, inspired by lucy knisley's sauteed mushroom recipes + leanne brown's things on toast