An age of license
Subtitle: a travelogue
By: by Lucy Knisley
Edition: First Fantagraphics Books edition: October 2014.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781606997680
Subjects: Travel; Americans; Women cartoonists; Comic books, strips
Description: Cartoonist Lucy Knisley got an opportunity that most only dream of: a travel-expenses-paid trip to Europe and Scandinavia, thanks to a book tour. An Age of License is Knisley's comics travel memoir recounting her adventures. It's punctuated by whimsical visual devices; peppered with the cats she meets along the way; and, of course, features her hallmark -- drawings and descriptions of food that will make your mouth water. But it's not all kittens and raclette crêpes: Knisley's experiences are colored by anxieties, introspective self-inquiries, and quotidian revelations -- about traveling alone in unfamiliar countries, and about her life and career.