FEBRUARY 18th – To celebrate the release of her second travelogue,
Displacement from Fantagraphics, cartoonist and Chicago local Lucy Knisley will be signing comics and making small talk at Challengers Comics + Conversation on Wednesday, February 18th! The party starts at 7pm.
In the pretty-yet-gritty Displacement, Lucy takes her two 90 year-old grandparents out on a cruise. It explores ageism, mortality and life-long love in gorgeous watercolors, all bookended in a small WWII biography from Lucy's grandfather's journals. Readers will identify with Knisley's frustration, her fears, her compassion, and her attempts to come to terms with mortality, as she copes with the stress of travel complicated by her grandparents' frailty.
Displacement comes out right on the heels of An Age of License, a lighter travelogue about seeking out love and adventure during European travels. Both are sweet with a touch of melancholy with gorgeous watercolors.
Challengers Comics is ALSO having a store-wide 25% sale Saturday 2.7.15 to Friday 2.13.15 and if you spend over $100, you get a sweet Knisley-designed shirt that says "I love you but I've chosen comics":
Pret-ty swoon-worthy. How coold would you feel going to a Lucy Knisley signing in a Lucy Knisley shirt? I see many photo opportunities in your future.
Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N. Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60647