![]() ![]() As Apple Crush, the second installment, releases this month, we thought it would be a good time to write up a guide for any readers interested in exploring the exciting breadth and depth of Lucy Knisley’s comics.įrench Milk has the textured feel of an early work, though that doesn’t make it any less of a great read. Two years ago, Knisley’s first work of fiction Stepping Stones, the first book in a trilogy aimed at middle grade readers, was published by Random House Graphic. Over the years, Knisley’s work has reached an even wider audience through her bite sized Instagram comics which document her experiences raising a young child (called Pal in her comics, a pseudonym chosen to protect his privacy and short for “palindrome”). ![]() ![]() While she often delves into heavy topics, her books are never intimidating- unless you’d find talking to a friend about their recent troubles intimidating. Her instinct for portraying with style even the most mundane details of her life and her warm confessional tone makes her cartooning intimate and interesting. Lucy Knisley has been a preeminent name in non-fiction comics for more than a decade. ![]()
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