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Farel Dalrymple<\/span> is a cartoonist and creator of The Wrenchies<\/em> from First Second Books, and IT WILL ALL HURT<\/em> from Study Group Comics. Delusional<\/em> (Adhouse, 2013), is a collection of personal work, comic short stories, and illustrations. Farel was the artist on Omega the Unknown<\/em> (Marvel Comics, 2010), with writer Jonathan Lethem. His creator-owned comic book, Pop Gun War<\/em> was a Xeric Grant recipient and won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators. Farel is also a co-founder and contributor to the comic anthology, Meathaus<\/em>. and is currently working on Pop Gun War: Chain Letter<\/em> appearing in ISLAND<\/em> magazine from Image Comics.
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\nExperienced<\/span> dungeon mistress MK Reed is the author of the graphic novels Americus<\/i>, the Cute Girl Network<\/i> (First Second) and the Palefire<\/i> with art by Farel Dalyrmple (Secret Acres). She also writes and draws the web comic About A Bull<\/i>. Her work can be found in anthologies like Papercutter<\/i>, the Big Feminist But<\/i>, and the Swedish magazine, Galago<\/i>. Americus<\/i> was the winner of NAIBA\u2019s 2012 Carla Cohen Free Speech Award, and was a 2011 American Booksellers for Children\u2019s New Voices title. The first chapter was nominated for an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story in 2008 after its inclusion in Papercutter 7<\/i>. MK lives in Portland, Oregon, with a very tall nurse.<\/p>\n

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\nIN PRAISE OF DALRYMPLE AND REED<\/span><\/p>\n

In indie-comics terms,<\/span> this is what you might consider a star-studded collaboration. MK Reed is the author of successful young adult graphic novels like The Cute Girl Network<\/i>, and Farel Dalrymple is the artist behind last year\u2019s acclaimed epic graphic novel The Wrenchies<\/i>. Together, they have released a slim, black-and-white graphic novella sure to appeal to teenage readers looking to see themselves reflected in an all-too-realistic drama.<\/p>\n

Palefire<\/i> opens with a young girl asking her mom for permission to go out on a date with a guy who seems to have a reputation for trouble. Not only is her mom hesitant about it, but everyone else in her life tries to warn her off of him too. Reed and Dalrymple do a good job of capturing the uncertainty of teenage dating and of trying to make decisions at an age when you want to weigh what you already know about yourself against what you want to find out for sure.<\/p>\n

– mental_floss<\/span><\/p>\n

Palefire<\/i> is a short and smart comics story made by a writer and an artist who clearly remember what it\u2019s like to be teenagers: How your emotions can turn on a dime, how little mistakes can have lasting marks, and how sometimes your friends\u2019 disapproval is exactly what it takes for you to want something even more. When Darren makes a unique sort of offering to show Alison just how he feels, the response isn\u2019t quite what he expects. And when Paul comes to the rescue, the results aren\u2019t quite what a reader might hope. But that\u2019s what teenagers do: frustrate the adults in their lives, because we want what\u2019s best for them even if they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

– Slate<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone in the story is flawed. Dalrymple is adept at making the worst tendencies of each character evident simply through his visual representations without doing it in an obvious way. The way Tim dresses and stands betrays his awkwardness. Darren’s posture makes him look like a predator. Alison’s trusting nature is revealed through the way she sat relative to Darren. Reed cleverly upset expectations that might have been created thanks to teen-story cliches, as sometimes it is best to trust the instincts and experience of others.<\/p>\n

– Rob Clough, High-Low<\/span><\/p>\n

MORE PRAISE FOR DALRYMPLE AND REED<\/span><\/a>\n