Attempted Bloggery: Books Are Magic

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Excuse Me—Signed by Liana Finck

Liana Finck's Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self was released in the fall of 2019. Later book signings in 2020 must have been curtailed by the pandemic, but at some point copies were signed at Books of Wonder in Brooklyn. A small rapidograph drawing was included. One of these copies made its way to eBay last week, selling for a best offer of $24.95..

Liana Finck
eBay listing ended June 11, 2022

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Liana Finck
eBay item description

Sold for best offer of $24.95

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Thursday, November 8, 2018

My Copy of Liza Donnelly's Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are

On Friday evening in Brooklyn at a bookshop called Books Are Magic, I was pleased to attend an event held in to mark the publication of Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are by C. J. Frick with drawings by Liza Donnelly. Don't worry if you haven't heard of the author; C. J. Frick is actually a composite of the names of the book's editors. Ms. Donnelly talked about the book and about dogs with fellow New Yorker cartoonist Carolita Johnson, who brought her own dog along for good measure. (Dogs were officially welcome at this event, but no others showed.) Afterwards, Ms. Donnelly signed copies of the book. You know, I just might have to go to Brooklyn more often.

C. J. Frick and Liza Donnelly
Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
New York: Flatiron Books, 2018

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

A Signed Copy of Liana Finck's Passing for Human

Last week I went to the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, probably for the first time, in order to attend a cartoon event at the bookstore intriguingly named Books Are Magic. Arriving early, I had a little time to quickly scour the bookshelves for treasure. I was immediately rewarded with some copies of Liana Finck's graphic memoir Passing for Human (2018), each signed and with a small drawing of a dog. This is one book I had been looking for since it was published in September, and I was delighted to be able to pick up one of these very desirable copies.