a kiss on the cheek from Freddie? It all felt a bit too tame, which is not at all the vibe I get from Alcott’s Little Women.
Beth is cancer-free! She has to practice the flute and gets better at it with practice! Jo just needs to write more and then her writing is better and people praise it! We miss Father but he video chats with us and is encouraging! Meg is tutoring kids and sure blushes whenever she brings up Jon (whom we never see)! Amy likes to draw! Even Jo’s coming out, which could have been a really cool modern update and given a lot of interesting depth to her relationships with everyone, was simply met with “cool!” and “yay!” and “great!” and we never had to confront any difficulties or worry about her having any problems thereafter.
Everyone was so peppy and positive and sweet and supportive.Įvery attempt to add conflict to the plot was so mild and resolved with so little effort or struggle. It felt like the characters were saying “the right thing” and performing rather than speaking as complex characters. Dashwood, the newspaper editor, for normalizing introducing yourself and your pronouns!) On the other hand, because I already knew the characters and the story, I expected the novel to do more in the way of making things new and interesting, and it disappointed a bit on that front. On the one hand, it’s Little Women! I liked the illustrations and seeing how the plot translated to the modern world. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2015 & teaches comics in the Continuing Studies program at Langara.I have conflicted feelings about this. In 2021 she was selected to participate in the Blind Date Project, facilitated by TCAF and the French Embassy in Canada. She has contributed stories to several Cloudscape anthologies including Fantastic Frights, The Witching Hours, and Waterlogged: Tales of the Seventh Sea. Her other works include Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) (HarperCollins 2020), Last Night at Wyrmwood High (Cloudscape Comics, 2015), and the webcomic Lunar Maladies (, 2016-2020). She is currently working on her next graphic novel, which will be released in 2025. Her most recent graphic novel Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) was released in 2022. “Kathleen Gros is a cartoonist living in Vancouver, BC. We’re so thrilled to finally debut our VanCAF 2023 poster by the incredible KATHLEEN GROS! And here it is! no more talking, comics are a visual medium!
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