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from the lines on the page to the art on the pages

“It’s an escape for these characters that is explored to touching effect by Comeau’s tranquil

A selection of comics completed by Tsurita—the only female cartoonist to appear regularly in the influential alternative manga magazine Garo before the late Seventies

learning how to call them to him in even the heaviest of evening fogs

Both of the big man's sons are there for the party

Preparing to Bite Janine Barchas from the lines on theBy Keiler Roberts. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. Softcover, 168 pages, B&W, 2025 Achingly human auto bio comics that extract big laughs from the small moments Cartoonist Keiler Roberts quit making comics. Or did she? Preparing to Bite, her latest collection of all new, one page comics is a return to perfectform. Roberts skewers innocuous aspects of everyday life and dissects them for theirunique absurdity: from cooking meals, to keeping doctors