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Back Cover Description:
Midnight picnics at the Eiffel Towel, wine tastings paired with blowgun lessons; and romance in cafés, cemeteries, and at the Brandenburg Gate—these are just some of New York Times best-selling cartoonist Lucy Knisley’s experiences on her 2011 European book tour. An Age of License is both a graphic travelogue and a journal of her trip abroad. Fans of Knisley’s food-focused autobiography (French Milk, Relish) savor her mouth-watering drawings and descriptions of culinary delights, seasoned with cute cat cameos. But An Age of License is not all kittens and raclette crepes: Knisley’s account of her adventures is colored by anxieties about her life and career, depicted with fearlessness, relatability, and honesty, making An Age of License an Eat, Pray, Love for the Girls generation.
The moment that somehow (to me) makes up the title for this travelogue.
List of little things that we couldn't deny but to agree with it:
This thinking non-stop lingers us during bed time, don't you?
The feeling that one certain thing (be it alive or non-alive one) will always be yours.
The feeling of unready to let go. Lost, sorrow, dreadful, sadness.
We acknowledge this kind of feeling.
I wouldn't be that idle-mode on doing blogposts if I always love and wanted it.
Mood swings are hard to control. Pressure, mentality, demands.
#SeekForConsistency
Most introverts have lots of things to say.
Sometimes, it's the speaking barrier that makes us shut tight our mouth.
RESPECCCT PEOPLE de PRIVACY !!!
The times when you have ideas to do something.
But just because got people kacau you or circumference that makes you to not continue.
Everything turns out become an unlighted bulb.
Sayings to hold for the rest of your life:
Doodles (how I wish I can draw...)
Epilogue
Page Highlights:
001 : Some trips are more than distance traveled in miles.
013 : I AM ROMANTICALLY CONFLICTED
026 : But "someday" is still so abstract and far off that sometimes the lines get blurred.
036 : A nap would be nice, but nope, too much to see!
037 : Pinnekjøtt
046 : Expectation vs. Reality
050 : I hope I can stop feeling a little left behind.
053 : The passion of journalling
069 : Plan vs. Reality [ehem ehem~]
070 : Everything we hear is opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not a truth. – Marcus Aurelius
072 : Something very precious
073 : Part of Stockholm's Gamla Stan
097 : AMERICAN MISHAPS when Greeting in the FRENCH STYLE
114 : L' Age Licence
130 : Doing a job that I love
134 : Royan, France
141 : PURCHASE HIGHLIGHTS in Royan
165 : It's strange to eat vegan in Paris of all places – land of butter, cream & meat!
172 : BEST OF PARIS (according to Lucy)
183 : Seeking a place for my gratitude, I turn to that great comforter: THE INTERNET
187 : Work lifestyle
: My Thanks (and apologies)
Comments:
Acclaimed cartoonist Lucy Knisley (French Milk, Relish) got an opportunity that most only dream of: a travel-expenses-paid trip to Europe/Scandinavia, thanks to a book tour. An Age of License is Knisley’s comics travel memoir recounting her charming (and romantic!) adventures. It’s punctuated by whimsical visual devices (such as a “new experiences” funnel); peppered with the cute 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 crepes: 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—that many young adults will relate to. An Age of License—which takes its name from a French saying—is an Eat, Pray, Love for the alternative comics fan. (Fantagraphics Books, 2014)
"Knisley continues to own the travelogue/graphic novel genre by bringing her characteristic humor and heart to this memoir...Belying her relatively simple but charming cartooning style, Knisley's pages are a cornucopia of information and detail...Her observations are frequently laugh-out-loud funny..." -Publisher's Weekly
Executive Editor: Gary Groth
Senior Editor: J. Michael Catron
Copyeditor: Janice Lee
Production: Keeli McCarthy, Paul Baresh
Associate Publisher: Eric Reynolds
Publisher: Gary Groth
An Age of License is copyright Ⓒ 2014 Lucy Knisley.
This edition is copyright Ⓒ 2014 Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce content must be obtained from the author or publisher.
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First Fantagraphics Books edition: October 2014
ISBN 978-1-60699-768-0
Printed in Hong Kong
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