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“In her classic travelogue style and interspersed with lovely, contemplative watercolor sketches, [Knisley] offers glimpses of her journey-feeling...as she observes her life from the distance of travel, and her simple lines, lively illustrations, and patchwork of moments she chooses to include artfully capture her introspective mood. Fans of Knisley's earlier works, particularly older teens or young adults, will appreciate this honest, charming, and gently paced travel journal.” (Candice Mack - Booklist)
“Knisley... continues to own the travelogue/graphic novel genre by bringing her characteristic humor and heart to this memoir of a summer in Europe. … The title comes from the French l’age licence -- the freedom to explore, experiment, and feel joy, all feelings beautifully captured here. [Starred Review]” (Publishers Weekly)
“Knisley is a good artist and entertaining storyteller, and her rather typical tale rises well above the mundane.” (Richard Pachter - Miami Herald)
“[Knisley's] art, as always, has a melancholy whimsy, combining childlike joy with the all-too familiar doubts and fears that are born of burgeoning adulthood. ...An Age of License carries all the weight and emotion of a diary entry, but with the added benefit of charming visuals that only enhance the beauty and apprehension that accompany Lucy throughout her journey.” (Marie Anello - (The) Absolute)
“Knisley is a pleasurable picture-maker… and she engages directly with the issue of privilege as it pertains to her ability to take trips like this one.” (Tom Spurgeon - The Comics Reporter)
“An Age of License… has an immediacy to it that makes it… compelling…. Knisley composes each page carefully, leading the eye through a series of little moments that add up to a real story. …[M]y guess is that she will simply continue to mature as an artist and writer. An Age of License is already evidence of that.” (Brigid Alverson - Robot 6)
“The mix of color and crisp black & white in An Age of License makes this the first book of [Knisley's] that truly showcases her abilities as a draftsman and a cartoonist.” (Rob Clough - High-Low)
“Like the best travelogues, An Age of License shows you what it would be like to visit a place while reminding you that you can never have the same experience. If you liked her last book, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, you should definitely check this out… This book is more thought-provoking than her other works, demonstrating growth and a challenge to readers to think about these things in their own lives.” (Johanna Draper Carlson - Comics Worth Reading)
“Knisley... continues to own the travelogue/graphic novel genre by bringing her characteristic humor and heart to this memoir of a summer in Europe. … The title comes from the French l’age licence -- the freedom to explore, experiment, and feel joy, all feelings beautifully captured here. [Starred Review]” (Publishers Weekly)
“Knisley is a good artist and entertaining storyteller, and her rather typical tale rises well above the mundane.” (Richard Pachter - Miami Herald)
“[Knisley's] art, as always, has a melancholy whimsy, combining childlike joy with the all-too familiar doubts and fears that are born of burgeoning adulthood. ...An Age of License carries all the weight and emotion of a diary entry, but with the added benefit of charming visuals that only enhance the beauty and apprehension that accompany Lucy throughout her journey.” (Marie Anello - (The) Absolute)
“Knisley is a pleasurable picture-maker… and she engages directly with the issue of privilege as it pertains to her ability to take trips like this one.” (Tom Spurgeon - The Comics Reporter)
“An Age of License… has an immediacy to it that makes it… compelling…. Knisley composes each page carefully, leading the eye through a series of little moments that add up to a real story. …[M]y guess is that she will simply continue to mature as an artist and writer. An Age of License is already evidence of that.” (Brigid Alverson - Robot 6)
“The mix of color and crisp black & white in An Age of License makes this the first book of [Knisley's] that truly showcases her abilities as a draftsman and a cartoonist.” (Rob Clough - High-Low)
“Like the best travelogues, An Age of License shows you what it would be like to visit a place while reminding you that you can never have the same experience. If you liked her last book, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, you should definitely check this out… This book is more thought-provoking than her other works, demonstrating growth and a challenge to readers to think about these things in their own lives.” (Johanna Draper Carlson - Comics Worth Reading)
About the Author
Lucy Knisley is a cartoonist and occasional puppeteer, ukulele player, and food/travel writer living in Chicago, IL. She is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Center for Cartoon Studies.
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Lucy Knisley is an illustrator, comic artist and author. I'll bet you're wondering how to pronounce her name (the K is silent).
Lucy is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she went to study painting, and ended up making comics. She then studied at the Center for Cartoon Studies, where she received a scholarship to pursue her MFA (completed in June, 2009).
Beginning with a love for Archie comics, Tintin and Calvin and Hobbes, she has been making comics in some form or another since she could hold a pencil.
She lives in Chicago, where she makes comics, does freelance illustration, and teaches the occasional comics workshop. Check out her blog and web comic essay series on Lucyknisley.com!
Her Books:
French Milk, from Touchstone Publishing, is a drawn journal about living (and eating) in Paris with her mother. (From Touchstone Publishing from Simon and Schuster), August of 2008.
Relish, from First Second Books, is about growing up in the food industry. (First Second Books, April 2013.) It won an Alex Award from the American Librarian Association, was a NYT and Amazon bestseller, and a Goodreads top graphic novel of 2013.
An Age of License and Displacement are paired travelogues about youth and family, coming out this year (Fantagraphics Books, 2014).
She continues to work away on two more graphic novels, and is excited to bring more comics to share with readers.
Lucy is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she went to study painting, and ended up making comics. She then studied at the Center for Cartoon Studies, where she received a scholarship to pursue her MFA (completed in June, 2009).
Beginning with a love for Archie comics, Tintin and Calvin and Hobbes, she has been making comics in some form or another since she could hold a pencil.
She lives in Chicago, where she makes comics, does freelance illustration, and teaches the occasional comics workshop. Check out her blog and web comic essay series on Lucyknisley.com!
Her Books:
French Milk, from Touchstone Publishing, is a drawn journal about living (and eating) in Paris with her mother. (From Touchstone Publishing from Simon and Schuster), August of 2008.
Relish, from First Second Books, is about growing up in the food industry. (First Second Books, April 2013.) It won an Alex Award from the American Librarian Association, was a NYT and Amazon bestseller, and a Goodreads top graphic novel of 2013.
An Age of License and Displacement are paired travelogues about youth and family, coming out this year (Fantagraphics Books, 2014).
She continues to work away on two more graphic novels, and is excited to bring more comics to share with readers.
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B. Wolinsky
on September 21, 2014
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Lucy Knisley’s previous effort,” Relish,” was an upbeat celebration of art, food, and most importantly, life. Her web comic series is, humorously titled “Stop Paying Attention,” is a triumph of art and storytelling. Unfortunately her most recent effort, “An Age of License,” is a huge disappointment on all levels. It is weak in terms of art, storytelling, and just about everything else.
The author has done previous comic episodes on her travels in Paris, Chicago, and Australia, all of which were fun to read. This travel diary, however, is rife with self-indulgence and weak illustration. Some pages have only a single portrait, followed by pages with few illustrations and fewer words. The story begins with her expense-paid trip to Scandinavia to attend a comics seminar, which involves relatively little work on her part. She rendesvous with a Swedish guy she met in NYC, and spends some time with him doing relatively nothing. What I learned here is that the Swedes can survive by doing nothing, despite the high living cost, and create silly little utopias free of life’s annoyances. As for the Swedish guy she’s so enamored with, he’s a sexless, vapid, bore.
Like I mentioned earlier, the illustration is weak, at least compared to her other efforts. Page 100 contains a ¾ portrait of a girlfriend of hers who works in a French wine cellar. It’s a beautiful portrait, undeniably, but it annoyed me. The only text on the page are the words “Jane is so beautiful, she belongs here, in this beautiful place.” Like I care? This is not an interesting thing to read, and since she fills a whole page with relatively little art or words, I wonder if she’s simply “filling” pages to avoid making anything worthwhile. Throughout the book there are whole pages devoted to almost nothing.Read more ›
The author has done previous comic episodes on her travels in Paris, Chicago, and Australia, all of which were fun to read. This travel diary, however, is rife with self-indulgence and weak illustration. Some pages have only a single portrait, followed by pages with few illustrations and fewer words. The story begins with her expense-paid trip to Scandinavia to attend a comics seminar, which involves relatively little work on her part. She rendesvous with a Swedish guy she met in NYC, and spends some time with him doing relatively nothing. What I learned here is that the Swedes can survive by doing nothing, despite the high living cost, and create silly little utopias free of life’s annoyances. As for the Swedish guy she’s so enamored with, he’s a sexless, vapid, bore.
Like I mentioned earlier, the illustration is weak, at least compared to her other efforts. Page 100 contains a ¾ portrait of a girlfriend of hers who works in a French wine cellar. It’s a beautiful portrait, undeniably, but it annoyed me. The only text on the page are the words “Jane is so beautiful, she belongs here, in this beautiful place.” Like I care? This is not an interesting thing to read, and since she fills a whole page with relatively little art or words, I wonder if she’s simply “filling” pages to avoid making anything worthwhile. Throughout the book there are whole pages devoted to almost nothing.Read more ›
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By
Eve
on October 13, 2014
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"The French have a saying for the time when you're young and experimenting with your lives and careers. They call it: L' Age License...as in license to experience, mess up, license to fail, license to do...whatever, before you're settled."
I feel like Knisley and I are on personal terms, so I'll just call her "dear Lulu." At this point, I think I would buy just about any graphic novels she publishes from here on out. I have everything she's written thus far, and I guess that makes me a bonafide fan.
In An Age of License: A Travelogue, dear Lulu is at it again, and what she does best is capture her traveling adventures. In the style of French Milk, she documents a month long trip to Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, and Iceland. Along the way, she contemplates where her life is headed, is coping with a recent break-up and new love interest, and trying to figure out if she loves her career as a comic artist despite its meager compensation.
I love Lulu's illustrations, and I just love the way she thinks. She includes linear notes on footnotes, if that's even possible in comic form. Above all else, she is a true foodie, so she always allows panel space to highlight favorite dishes or must have snacks. I think I'm going to reread this tonight. I might have missed something.
I feel like Knisley and I are on personal terms, so I'll just call her "dear Lulu." At this point, I think I would buy just about any graphic novels she publishes from here on out. I have everything she's written thus far, and I guess that makes me a bonafide fan.
In An Age of License: A Travelogue, dear Lulu is at it again, and what she does best is capture her traveling adventures. In the style of French Milk, she documents a month long trip to Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, and Iceland. Along the way, she contemplates where her life is headed, is coping with a recent break-up and new love interest, and trying to figure out if she loves her career as a comic artist despite its meager compensation.
I love Lulu's illustrations, and I just love the way she thinks. She includes linear notes on footnotes, if that's even possible in comic form. Above all else, she is a true foodie, so she always allows panel space to highlight favorite dishes or must have snacks. I think I'm going to reread this tonight. I might have missed something.
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M. Braun
on September 12, 2014
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From "Relish" to "French Milk" to "An Age of License", Lucy Knisley's work is simply terrific. "An Age of License" will resonate with you, whether young or old. I stayed up late to read it when it arrived in the mail, then passed it to my 13-year old daughter the next day. We both loved it, if for different reasons. Ms. Knisley has a wonderful knack for homing in on life's little quirks and big questions, making us take a moment to reflect and consider the human condition. In this digital age when our existence is lived in past regrets or future anxieties, Ms. Knisley, in sharing her experiences both visually and in writing, succeeds in holding up a mirror that helps us take heart in the theater of life.
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Alexandra Saperstein
on September 11, 2014
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Loved it! A wonderful mix of sketches, travel adventure, and Lucy's everyday musings!
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