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Informationen zum Autor Megan Kelso has been drawing comics for over 30 years. In 2007, she was invited by The New York Times to serialize her Watergate Sue comic as part of the weekly Funny Pages feature. In 2019, she was selected for a public art commission for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Her books include The Squirrel Mother (2006), Artichoke Tales (2010), and Queen of the Black Black (2011). She lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and daughter. Klappentext Megan Kelso s first new book in four years is a fantastic generation-spanning saga. Zusammenfassung Megan Kelso has proved herself a master of the cartoon short story with Squirrel Mother (2006! currently in its 2nd printing)! and serial (withher New York Times Funny Pages comic! Watergate Sue ). With Artichoke Tales ! Kelso expands her range (and her page count) by creatinga family saga spanning three generations and an entire continent. ArtichokeTales is a 176-page coming -of-age story about a young girl named Brigittewhose family is caught between the two warring sides of a civil war betweenpeople who have artichoke leaves instead of hair. Influenced in equal parts by Little House on the Prairie ! The Thorn Birds ! Dharma Bums !and Cold Mountain ! Kelso weaves a moving story about family amidst war.Kelso's visual storytelling! uniquely combining delicate line-work withrhythmic! musical page compositions! creates a dramatic tension betweenintimate! ruminative character studies and the unflinching depiction of theconsequences of war and carnage! lending cohesion and resonance to agenerational epic.
