Rachael Smith has returned from her transient hiatus with Nap Comix, a brand new collection of diary comics centred round psychological well being, new parenthood, and her cat Rufus’ not-so-secret admirer.
The synopsis of the collection, which Smith has been posting on social media and Webtoons since July 15:
“Rachael Smith’s son Henry keeps taking very long naps on her after his morning feed. She has decided to try to use this time to make scribbly diary comics. How is Rachael getting on being a mum? Let’s find out!”
Rachael Smith is a British illustrator and comic creator finest recognized for diary comics and all ages comics like The Queen’s Favorite Witch (Papercutz) with author Benjamin Dickson – the second quantity of which is predicted to launch August 22. During the pandemic, Smith’s Quarantine Comix have been a well-liked reduction from the interval of uncertainty, and introduced her to the eye of writer Icon Books, who’ve since republished her crowdfunded earlier collections Wired Up Wrong and Stand in Your Power, plus her latest quantity about her relationship with her father and alcohol Glass Half Empty. Smith’s diary comics have been an exquisite mixture of sometimes brutal commentary and charming humour.
Smith’s final foray into diary comics was in October 2022, throughout the common Inktober inventive interval of monthlong comics making. There she lined deadlines, being pregnant and anxiousness.
After a quick break, Smith (and accomplice Rob – with little Henry in tow), have additionally returned to the comic con circuit. Can’t cease the hustle!
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