Comics
Published on August 11th, 2016 |
by Lauren Weinstein
LAUREN WEINSTEIN’s Perfect Maine Vacation—A Comic About What We Remember






A comic by Lauren Weinstein (who is currently on vacation, in Maine).
Previously published at The Guardian.
Tags: bittersweet, Comics, fights, growing up, horses, Lauren Weinstein, maine, memory, Sick Child, summer, swimming, vacation
About the Author
Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein is a cartoonist, illustrator and painter. She has published three books: Girl Stories, Inside Vineyland and Goddess of War. Her work has been included in The Best American Comics, An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Kramer’s Ergot, and The Graphic Canon. She has won and been nominated for an Ignatz. Her comic “Carriers” was also nominated for Slate‘s studio prize for Cartoonists and won a gold medal from The Society of Illustrators. Clients include Nautil.us, The New York Times, Glamour, and The Paris Review. She is currently working on a teenage memoir tentatively entitled, How To Draw A Nose.
This is really beautifully written and you captured the feeling I have watching my 5 year old. I also wonder what my children will remember most about the way I mothered them.
this is utterly adorable. Love the colour. Love the sharp sweet anecdote that takes me right back.