The General’s daughter. If you missed it, this flashback begins one page back.

Word on the Street turned out to be– despite the gloomy weather forecasts– a really great day! It was super busy and I met a lot of wonderful people, including my co-panelists Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard, who are collaborating on the graphic novel Sword of My Mouth. We chatted in front of an audience about the challenges of doing comics and raising kids, and it’s so very comforting to be reminded that there are other people going through the same challenges you are! When you spend all of your free time drawing comics in your basement, it can be easy to forget that…. :-)