Lucy Knisley is an American comic artist and musician. Her work is often autobiographical, and food is a common theme. Knisley was born & raised in New York, and currently lives in Chicago, IL.

Knisley's drawn travel journal French Milk was published through Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...

 in October 2008. It received positive reviews in several publications, such as USA Today and Salon.com. Comics critic Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk is a Portland, Oregon-based author and critic. He has written about comics and popular music for publications including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, The Nation, The New Republic, Salon.com, Pitchfork Media, and The Believer...

 described it as "a keenly observed letter back home... the pleasure Knisley takes in food and company is infectious."

Knisley holds a BFA ('07) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While there, she contributed to and edited the comics section of the school newspaper, FNews. Knisley holds an MFA ('09) from the Center for Cartoon Studies

Center for Cartoon Studies

The Center for Cartoon Studies is a two year institution focusing on sequential art, specifically Comics and Graphic Novels, Located in the village of White River Junction, in the town of Hartford, Vermont, the Center offers a Master of Fine Arts degree, both one and two-year certificate...

. She was awarded the 2007 Diamond in the Rough scholarship for her CCS application comic, Heart Seed Snow Circuit.

Anthology contributer

• Side B: The Music Lover's Graphic Novel (2009, Poseur Ink
  Poseur Ink
  Poseur Ink is a company that was started in 2001 by comic artist Rachel Dukes. Based in San Diego, California the company specializes in independent comics, zines, buttons, and novelty t-shirts....
  
  , ISBN 978-0-615-22080-2)
• I Saw You (2009, Random House, ISBN 0-307408-53-1)
• Trubble Club, Vol. 1-4 (2008-9)
• You Ain't No Dancer 3 (2008, New Reliable Press, ISBN 978-0-9738079-3-6)
• Secrets & Lies (2008, Magic Inkwell Press)
• Elephano (2008, ISBN 0-557017-98-X)
• Girl Comics 1 : Shop Doc (May 2010, Marvel Comics)

Self-published

• "Make Yourself Happy" (2010)
• Drawn To You (co-created with Erika Moen, 2009)
• Pretty Little Book (2009)
• Radiator Days (2008)
• Searching For Cassady (2007)
• Heart Seed Snow Circuit (2007)
• Mini-comics
  Minicomic
  A minicomic is a creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. In the United Kingdom and Europe the term "small press comic" is equivalent with minicomic reserved for those publications measuring A6 or less...
  
  
  • "Salvaged Parts" (2010)
  • "Paris Journal" (2009)
  • The Fast (2009)
  • French Milk minis (2009)
  • My Addiction (2006)
  • Letters from the Bottom of the Sea (co-created with Hope Larson
    Hope Larson
    Hope Raue Larson is an American illustrator and cartoonist. Her main field is graphic novels.-Biography:Larson is of German and Swedish descent. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and attendedCarolina Day School...
    
    , 2005)

Albums

• Comics Tunes By and For Us Comics Goons (compilation, 2007)
• Pretty/Nerdy (2007)
• Sweet Violet (2006)

External links

• Lucy Knisley's website
• Lucy Knisley's blog