Artichoke Tales John Layman Lutes weaves these characters’ lives

Lutes weaves these characters’ lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart

Every moment

received over 250 awards

not everyone here is smiling all the time

Artichoke Tales John Layman Lutes weaves these characters’ livesBy Megan Kelso. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 232 pages, Monochrome, 2010. Megan Kelso's first new book in four years is a fantastic generation spanning saga. Megan Kelso has proved herself a master of the cartoon short story with Queen of the Black Black (1998, to be republished by Fantagraphics in 2010) and Squirrel Mother (2006, currently in its second printing). With Artichoke Tales, six years in the making, Kelso expands her range (and