Miss Lasko-Gross is an American comic book artist and writer, known for her semi-autobiographical graphic novels.
Miss Lasko-Gross
Born:
1977 (age 33) Boston, MA
Nationality:
American
Area(s):
Comic book artist, Writer
Awards:
YALSA's 2008 Great Graphic Novels nominee Graphic novel named one of Booklist's top 10 graphic novels of the year, 2010
Miss-Lasko Gross was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1977. She’d always been a comic book fan, growing up reading her favorite series ranging from Fantastic Four to Love and Rockets. In high school, Miss began to delve into the comic world, creating her own self-published comic series, Aim, which she promoted by doing consignments with local comic book stores. It was at this point that she became a member of the comic book community. She said she found more kinship with comic creators than with comic fans, as they could bond over the process of producing a comic.
Miss is a self-publisher, but has also had her autobiographical novels published by Fantagraphics, Escape from 'Special and A Mess of Everything.
Works
Miss has published two graphic novels, Escape from Special and A Mess of Everything. The first, based loosely on the author’s life growing up as a Jewish girl in the suburbs, was published in 2008 and earned her a nomination for YALSA's 2008 Great Graphic Novel award. A Mess of Everything, a kind of sequel to her first book, was also well received, as it was named on of Booklist’s top 10 graphic novels of the year in 2010.
Miss is currently working on a series called Henny about “cute animals and religious fundamentalism in a horrible, twisted marriage” for an iPhone app, as well as a long term novel project that chronicles the experience of a burn victim of an explosion.
