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“Anyone looking for a masterful example of the short story in comics would do well to give this a try. Beautifully written and well illustrated, this a wonderful portfolio of work from a creator showing a deep well of promise from the start.” (Grovel)“Megan Kelso’s [comics] are smart, smart, smart. [Her artwork] is stately and deliberate, but also conveys a sense of urgency.” (Ms. Magazine)“Rather than a narrative arc, with ascensions and declines,Artichoke Talesfeels like a series of expansions. The characters and their world grow to envelop the reader in a singular, charming way.” (Paul Constant - The Stranger)“...[Megan Kelso] repeatedly turns up little rocks of human experience and chronicles what’s going on underneath, reintroducing us to feelings, sensations, and experiences we’d forgotten we’d had but recognize as if they happened this morning.” (Sean T. Collins - The Comics Journal)“Kelso’s work radiates a warmth, poetry, sympathy, and simultaneously earthy and otherworldly essence that few comics creators have brought to the table with such quiet confidence and grace. The closest comic in recent memory to matchArtichoke Tales, both in breadth and depth, is Jeff Smith’sBone. [Grade] A.” (The Onion A.V. Club)--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.