6/25/2023 0 Comments An Age of License by Lucy Knisley![]() ![]() ![]() He’s a most fanciable lad and she agrees to visit his Stockholm home after the Raptus convention. As the time nears the daunting plans all come miraculously together and Lucy prepares herself by immersing in personal Scandinavian-ness: researching the family history of her Swedish grandparents.Įvents obtain a sharper edge in New York in the months immediately preceding the trip as she meets visiting Henrik. After some understandable dithering and consultation with pals and fellow pros the author warily agrees, intending to turn the proposed work jolly into the start of an extended visit to friends in Germany and vacationing family in France. ![]() The voyage begins in 2011 when the cat-loving cartoonist was an invited guest at Norway’s Raptus Comics Festival. This beguiling slice of graphic verité was first seen in 2014 and details a European working vacation that became a bittersweet lovers’ tryst. Remember the rush of wonderment that came from visiting somewhere new and exotic? Do you even remember going for an aimless walk? If not, why not do it in your head? Here’s a brilliant aide-memoire that’s timelessly entertaining and potently evocative.Ī superb example of broadening of strip horizons is globe-girdling cartooning diarist and epicure Lucy Knisley, who has made a career out of documenting her life as it happens, detailing her experiences and fascinations in an engaging and entertaining manner. ![]()
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