Rachael Smith Announces Glass Half Empty, at MCM London Comic Con

Rachael Smith is at MCM London Comic Con right now, and the subsequent two days, promoting the primary two volumes of her autobiographical comedian books, however simply introduced a 3rd one.

Posting on Twitter, she stated “New book announcement! I’ve been working on this book for a long time and it’s so nice to be able to share it with you all! GLASS HALF EMPTY By Rachael Smith Published by @iconbooks on 5th January, 2023”

The highly-anticipated third installment of Rachael Smith’s award-winning auto-bio comics At age ten, Rachael Smith was going to group conferences to assist her deal with her dad’s alcoholism. After his loss of life, making an attempt to handle her grief, she discovered herself together with her personal problematic relationship with alcohol. From the award-winning writer of Quarantine Comix, Wired Up Wrong and Stand in Your Power, that is one other extraordinarily sincere and relatable auto-bio comedian shining a light-weight on the realities of psychological well being with humour, heat and perception. Rufus the cat (current star of a New Yorker cartoon) and Barky, the large black canine inside her head, are returning characters followers of Rachael Smith shall be heartened to be reunited with. Rachael Smith is a UK-based comics creator, whose books embody Quarantine Comix, Wired Up Wrong, Stand in Your Power, Glass Half Empty and The Rabbit, which was nominated for Best Book within the 2015 British Comic Awards, following her nomination for Emerging Talent.

And she has some fairly good quotes to go together with all of it. Find a duplicate right here:

• Rachael Smith’s trademark bittersweet, humorous and really private comics make for the right chronicle of the bizarre occasions we have been residing by way of. They are humorous and unhappy and relatable and clever.- Chris Addison, comic and director of Veep
• ‘It’s no marvel folks reply strongly to Rachael’s work. Brave is a time period folks wish to bandy round about private comics, nevertheless it’s applicable typically. The actual marvel of her work is the simple comedian contact.’ Kate Beaton, writer of Hark! A Vagrant
• You’re by no means extra alone after a break-up. Rachael, wittily describing her private hell, will make you are feeling much less so. – Kieron Gillen, writer of The Wicked + The Divine
• Rachael Smith’s new guide is uncooked, actual stuff that digs deep into extremely relatable, certainly, common points and but manages to burst each second of ache with amusing. This is Smith let out, the guide she was at all times going to create. Magnificent. – Paul Cornell, writer of London Falling
• Love how Rachael takes big horrible painful sh*t and one way or the other makes it cute and humorous in addition to relatable! She makes actually scary stuff regular once more, and due to this fact much less scary, which is an incredible superpower! – Leah Moore
• A bittersweet, humorous and insightful journey by way of a few of the darker components of human life. – Adrian Tchaikovsky, writer of the Shadows of the Apt collection
  This guide is probably the most implausible present to the world. By turns poignant and hilarious, however at all times insightful. – Gareth L Powell, writer of Embers of War
  How Rachael writes about her personal life with such compassion for her readers is a continuing supply of pleasure. Whether I’m studying a chapter with clear parallels to my very own life or one which’s extra particular to her, I at all times really feel just like the guide is reaching out to offer me a hug and inform me we’re all going to be okay. – Dani Colman, writer of The Unfinished Corner
• It takes a courageous artist to delve into the darkness of grief, habit and psychological well being. It takes an excellent artist to seek out the guts and the humor of all of it. Rachael Smith is each, and Glass Half Empty proves simply how fortunate we’re to have her voice. – Jody Houser
• For Rachael to show her vulnerabilities in such a heartfelt means takes bravery. To make you snicker at the identical time takes uncommon expertise. – Antony Johnston