Missy comics
I have been writing in my diary, Missy, since I was 8 years old. In 2013, I started turning my diary entries into comics. Missy has since become an ongoing comics series, and earned me an Ignatz Award nomination for Promising New Talent in 2014. Most recently, Missy was published in The New Yorker.
Read Missy in The New Yorker
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Read Missy in The New Yorker 〰️
Missy in print
Dear Missy
Daryl’s best friend is her diary, named Missy. When her parents get divorced, she confides her feelings to Missy in the form of a poem. In fifty sweet, sad, and hilarious panels, Daryl puts words to her heartbreak as only an eight-year-old can.
Published by Paper Rocket Comics in 2018.
Black and white interior, color cover
52 pages
5.5" x 5.5"
Missy #3
Issue #3 is a nonlinear exploration of solitude, loneliness, and connection.
black and white, 28 pages, self-published in 2015
Middle School Missy
Pre-teen Daryl gets braces, learns Spanish, vows to make out on New Years, and drifts away from her friends — but not Scruffy. Oh, and she gets her period for the first time.
16 pages, black and white, 5.5″ x 8″. Self-published in 2014