{"product_id":"wild-that-were-alive-momboy-comics-9798881603250","title":"Wild That We're Alive: Momboy Comics","description":"\u003cb\u003eYou haven't really experienced how weird and beautiful the world is until you see it through Lauren Haldeman's eyes. These beautiful diary comics by the award-winning poet offer a fresh, humorous, and emotionally resonant perspective on the wonders and weirdness of everyday life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the artist and her family--three humans, three cats, and one dog--through twelve months of morning coffees, late night TV, laundry folding, and walks in the woods, \u003ci\u003eWild That We're Alive\u003c\/i\u003e invites the reader to marvel at the wonder and weirdness of the ordinary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Depicting herself as a wolf on the page, Lauren embraces the moniker \"Momboy\" part responsible child-rearing adult and part lovable feral kid. In her particularity, she is all of us: grappling with anxieties, awed by the little things, and ready to throw her hands up and laugh or cry in the face of social media, squirrels, politics, and figuring out what to have for dinner. In these pages, Lauren intersperses her diary comics, pithy observations, and philosophical musings with a handful of painterly full-bleed illustrations to show the passing of the seasons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like a Midwestern, sweatpants-wearing Roz Chast, Lauren portrays herself and those around her with affectionate self-deprecation--occasionally grumpy, rarely pretty, but always real. For fans of Lucy Knisley's portrayals of life with both cats and children and Julia Wertz's explorations of the ways we struggle and succeed in the work of caring for ourselves and others, \u003ci\u003eWild That We're Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is a debut book from an exciting new voice in comics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren Haldeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798881603250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLauren Haldeman is the author of three books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eInstead of Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Colorado Prize, and one graphic memoir, \u003ci\u003eTeam Photograph \u003c\/i\u003e(Sarabande 2022), which Rachel Yoder called \"a brilliant and original book from a wildly creative voice.\" Her previous work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e. Lauren is a recipient of the Iowa Artist Fellowship, the Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and fellowships from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, one of the most prestigious writing programs in the country.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lauren Haldeman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733911290013,"sku":"9798881603250","price":37.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cf11a62a-1027-426a-aa2b-90d081402795.jpg?v=1773738626","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/wild-that-were-alive-momboy-comics-9798881603250","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}