Ebook {Epub PDF} Escape from Special by Miss Lasko-Gross

Escape from "Special" by Miss Lasko-Gross (Fantagraphics, ) Artist and writer Melissa Lasko-Gross takes an unvarnished look back in this collection of wry, poignant semi-autobiographical sketches based on life in grade school.  · In her graphic novel, Escape from "Special" cartoonist Miss Lasko-Gross introduces us to perhaps the most lovable, willful child in comics since Lucy Van Pelt. Her name is Melissa, and she is indeed a star in Lasko-Gross' apparently semi-autobiographical tale, in which the author presents the confusion and uncertainty of a young girl's interior and exterior lives as poignant comedy. by Miss Lask-Gross Escape From Special is the coming-of-age story of Melissa, who we first meet as a small child and depart from at the end of the book just before she enters high school. Drawn in black and white and washed in moody blues and full spectrum grays, Lasko-Gross's art, with its detailed backgrounds and expressive, clean-line characters, exquisitely conveys the story's blend of humor /5(6).

Escape from 'special' by Miss Lasko-Gross, , Fantagraphics edition, in English. Hooray! You've discovered a title that's missing from our library. Can you help donate a copy? If you own this book, you can mail it to our address below. Miss Lasko-Gross, who has the sensibility of a love child of Linda Barry and David B. midwifed by Judy Blume, has created a graphic novel that should appeal not The title of Miss Lasko-Gross' graphic novel, "Escape From 'Special'," makes it seem like it's some sort of action-packed adventure comic. Escape from "Special". Авторы: Miss Lasko-Gross. Подробнее о книге.

Lasko-Gross has published two graphic novels, Escape from "Special" and A Mess of Everything through Fantagraphics. The first, based loosely on the author’s life growing up as a Jewish girl in the suburbs, was published in and earned her a nomination for YALSA's Great Graphic Novel award. Escape from “Special” By Miss Lasko-Gross. Seattle: Fantagraphics, , pp., $, Jobnik, Issues By Miriam Libicki. Vancouver: real gone girl studios, , $3 each Issues ; $ Issue 6. Bernie! The Wackiest Jewlipino on Earth! By Cheryl Gladstone. New York: Stinkypoo, Reviewed by Karen Karin Rosenberg. by Miss Lask-Gross Escape From Special is the coming-of-age story of Melissa, who we first meet as a small child and depart from at the end of the book just before she enters high school. Drawn in black and white and washed in moody blues and full spectrum grays, Lasko-Gross's art, with its detailed backgrounds and expressive, clean-line characters, exquisitely conveys the story's blend of humor (sometimes of the gross-out variety) and keenly observed insights.