Hi friends. I did a weird thing and accidentally made a kids’ book. At first it was just an absurd little story called Sean (it was published on the very cool Diagram website in 2022). And then I had an idea to make it into its own little illustrated book. I asked Emma Jon-Michael Frank, whose comics and zines I’ve loved for years, if she would make some illustrations for it. And then (many months later after trying to figure out how to design such a book)… Voilà! It became an adorable book called Sean the Stick. I put it out in a limited hardcover run on Future Tense in January 2024. And now I’m happy to announce it’s available more widely as a sweet little 60-page paperback.

I’m doing just a couple of events for it: First off, a proper release party at Up Up Books, and then a real life children’s Storytime at Powell’s on October 5th. Both of these readings will feature accompaniment on harp by my lovely and talented friend, Dasha Shleyeva.