The Joy of Quitting
From toddler antics to doctor appointments, Keiler Roberts breathes humour and life into the fleeting present
Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8 years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system.
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Become an affiliateKeiler Roberts makes autobiographical comics. She is the recipient of the Cartoonist Studio Prize and the Ignatz Award. She has taught comics at The School of The Art Institute in Chicago.
Early in her career, Roberts self-published Powdered Milk, Happy Happy Baby Baby, and Miseryland. Koyama Press published Chlorine Gardens, Rat Time, and Sunburning which was translated into Spanish as Isolada. The Joy of Quitting is her second book for Drawn & Quarterly, following My Begging Chart which was translated into Spanish as Mi Tabla De Súplicas.A diary in comics form, Roberts's book collects snippets from eight years of her daily life, capturing exasperating and hysterical moments of mothering, friendship and more.--New York Times
Little is off-limits here as Roberts (literally, visually) bares all, certain to induce welcome nods of utter understanding from many readers.--Shelf Awareness "I love the way... Keiler Roberts use[s] diary comics to endow small, throwaway moments with the dignity and weight of larger ones."--Liana Finck, The New York Times "Her work gives off a kind of radical stillness. It always lowers my blood pressure... Keiler Roberts is my new hero."--Christopher Borrelli, The Chicago Tribune