I'm joined today by comics creator Lara Pickle who has a new graphic novel I feel Awful, Thanks just released from Oni Press. The main character, Joana, is a young witch with a lot of life changes happening. She’s moved to London for a new job working for a potions company and has to find an apartment, make new friends, deal with office drama, navigate a new relationship... stress, fatigue, and sadness are things everyone deals with and I was really excited to find another project with a mental health focus and much of Joana's journey in the story mirrors Lara's own. I hope it finds its way to a bunch of people who might need to hear that addressing mental health is important and needs to be normalized as learning to live with our emotions is one of the greatest self-care gifts we can give ourselves. That's the messaging but it's also gorgeously illustrated and the emotional dragons are a real visual standout. We also dig a bit into Lara's K-Pop obsession, her journey as an artist, and why hats work so well as a narrative element.

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