About the Author

Cartoonist and writer JESSICA ABEL, from Chicago, IL, is the author of the graphic novel La Perdida (winner of the 2002 "Best New Series" Harvey Award) as well as two collections of stories from her omnibus comic book Artbabe. She and her husband, cartoonist Matt Madden, were series editors for The Best American Comics from 2007 to 2013 and teach at various institutions. Together they've authored two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics.