chrysanthemum flowers, text reads: Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards, Maggie Umber

$10
Maggie Umber
80 pages
7 in x 8.5 in
pamphlet, saddle stitch
black & white inkjet on legal paper

Advanced copies at Zinecinnati and MILK (Milwaukee Indie Local Comics Fest) 2023.

Debuted at CABF (Cincinnati Art Book Fair) 2023.

Collected here are the storyboards for Maggie's forthcoming graphic novel, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves. They were made from 2016-2021. All were drawn with marker, brush pen, fountain pen, and or ink on rough watercolor paper. The letters were hand printed on paper made by Dave Dugan.

Preview

mother spider, trophic eggs, baby spiders, text reads: WE ARE HUNGRY! COPYRIGHT MAGGIE UMBER, WE ARE HUNGRY MAGGIE UMBER
Mother spider, baby spiders, trophic eggs, text reads: WE ARE HUNGRY! FEED US MOTHER! THANK YOU FOR THESE EGGS. THEY ARE TASTY!
Mother spider, baby spiders, trophic eggs, text reads: WE ARE HUNGRY! FEED US MOTHER! THANK YOU FOR THESE EGGS. THEY ARE TASTY!
Mother spider, baby spiders, trophic eggs, text reads: WE ARE HUNGRY! FEED US MOTHER! THANK YOU FOR THESE EGGS. THEY ARE TASTY!
Mother spider, baby spiders, trophic eggs, text reads: WE ARE HUNGRY! FEED US MOTHER! THANK YOU FOR THESE EGGS. THEY ARE TASTY!
Mother spider, baby spiders, trophic eggs, text reads: WE ARE HUNGRY! FEED US MOTHER! THANK YOU FOR THESE EGGS. THEY ARE TASTY!
pattern of a red tube man dancing

Blurbs

Maggie’s compositions, drawings, and use of black and white are exceptional. Viewing this body of work inspires me to do better as an artist overall, and in the composing stages of laying out a book. I cannot wait to read the finished book! — Ash H.G., cartoonist behind The Golden Thread Zine & forthcoming graphic novel East District

Reviews

These storyboards are full of brilliant sequences in which the handling of the physical medium is integral to the transformation of characters and events. I especially love the line drawings of the couple in "Intoxicated." — Sibil Bink, cartoonist and gardener

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