This week we talk with Chicago-based comics artist, illustrator, and author Sarah Becan. Her new book Let's Make Cocktails is the fourth book in the comic book cookbook Let's Make series that included Let's Make Bread, Let's Make Dumplings and Let's Make Ramen, and it's also her first solo book!

In our "spirited" conversation about Let's Make Cocktails (OK, we couldn't resist), Sarah shares with us wisdom about disentangling the brainworms of imposter syndrome, thoughts about jumping into freelance food illustration, her philosophies on translating recipes into drawings, the things that make a graphic novel recipe book different than other cookbooks and so much more!

Here's the brainworms print Sarah told us about, and here it is in all it's amazing glory:

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Liz's replacement-ingredient Arnold Palmer during the recording:

Links and events for Sarah:

Kenosha Book Fest 6/21 & ALA Artists Alley 6/25-6/29

sarahbecan.com

instagram.com/sarahbecan

bsky.app/profile/sarahbecan.bsky.social

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Links and events for Keidra:

ALA Zine Pavilion 6/28 + South Side Zine Fest & Carnival 8/15

@keidrachaney + @wildramppublishing + bsky.app/profile/kdc.bsky.social + bsky.app/profile/wildramppublishing.bsky.social + wildramppublishing.com 

Links and events for Liz:

ALA Zine Pavilion 6/26-6/227 + MWPZF Pre-Fest Reading at Quimby's Bookstore 7/10 + Midwest Perzine Fest 7/11 + Flowstate Fair 7/24 + Ridman's Coffee with Sugar Hijinx & Zine Club Chicago 7/26 + South Side Zine Fest & Carnival 8/15

@caboosezine + @sugarhijinx + lizmasonisawesome.com + linktr.ee/caboosezine

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