Meredith Gran – författare

As they watch the days of their youth roll by, Brooklynites Eve, Hanna, and friends must confront the truth about themselves whether They ''re ready to or not. The award-winning webcomic series comes to a close in this final laugh-filled, heartrending installment.

In this first collected volume of the OCTOPUS PIE series, we follow grumpy twenty-something Eve and her stoner roommate Hanna as they navigate post-college life. They ''ll take on crazed childhood rivals, troubling art scenes, the discomfort of exes, and maybe even... friendship? All this and more in the fictional, totally made-up city of Brooklyn. "Well paced and grounded, ranging from funny ha-ha to odd observational humor, OCTOPUS PIE ''s ultimate hooks are its flawed, but genuine characters.--BOOKLIST

The Brooklyn stories of love, madness, nostalgia, and displeasing music continue in this second OCTOPUS PIE collection. Eve and Hanna have each other ''s backs as they navigate the emotional pitfalls of twenty-something life, but there ''s chaos and confusion to spare. "It ''s hard to say where the strength of OCTOPUS PIE really is because Meredith can juggle so many things so well the humor, the natural touch in the dialogue, the relatability of the characters in the world that she has created. There is a complex, empathetic sort of quality to that world and you feel rather at home in it. "Kate Beaton, Hark! A Vagrant

In this third Ignatz Award-winning volume of the OCTOPUS PIE series, the chaotic magic of Brooklyn continues to complicate Eve and her friends lives. But while they explore new realms of adulthood and evaluate their own happiness the stakes are beginning to rise. [A] blend of light-hearted comedy and deeper, hard-to-let-go-of meditations on the struggle for what being a grown up actually means.The Onions A.V. Club Dimensions: 9 x 6.5

In the fourth installment of OCTOPUS PIE, dreams and harsh reality are beginning to blur. This volume follows our Brooklynite heroes as they descend into the throes of heartbreak.

Break out your Ax Bass, turn on the stage lights, get ready to SHRED—this newest Adventure Time compendium shines the spotlight on Ooo’s most famous rocker: Marceline the Vampire Queen!It’s time for the tour—that’s right, the world tour! Marceline and her band, the Scream Queens, are out to take Ooo by storm. Whether it’s rocking out for sold-out stadiums, bringing music to outer space, fighting to save the mind of her best friend, or helping PB save the Candy Kingdom in the race of a century, you can bet Marceline’s ready to blow the minds of anyone who’ll listen! (Oh, and did we mention the pirates?!)These tales and more are all on the setlist of this Adventure Time Compendium, collecting Marceline and the Scream Queens #1–6 by Meredith Gran; Marceline Gone Adrift #1–6 written by Meredith Gran and illustrated by Carey Pietsch; Marcy & Simon #1–6 written by Olivia Olson and drawn by Slimm Fabert; Thunder Road written by Jeremy Sorese and illustrated by Zachary Sterling; and Marceline the Pirate Queen written by Leah Williams and illustrated by Zachary Sterling—plus a host of shorts!