Jessica Abel

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Author and coach Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills, Out on the Wire, La Perdida, and two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. Abel’s latest work of fiction is the Eisner-nominated Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars.

Average rating: 3.73 · 15,219 ratings · 1,982 reviews · 64 distinct worksSimilar authors
La Perdida

3.31 avg rating — 2,183 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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Drawing Words and Writing P...

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4.09 avg rating — 1,742 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Out on the Wire: Uncovering...

4.22 avg rating — 1,495 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Life Sucks

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3.43 avg rating — 1,717 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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Trish Trash #1: Rollergirl ...

3.44 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Growing Gills: How to Find ...

4.25 avg rating — 253 ratings3 editions
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Radio: An Illustrated Guide

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Mastering Comics: Drawing W...

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Soundtrack: An Artbabe Coll...

3.57 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Trish Trash #2 (2) (Trish T...

3.57 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions
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Trish Trash #1: Rollergirl ... Trish Trash #2 (2)
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“I sit in front of the notebook and feel like it’s just too late for me. And that this book isn’t working, nothing’s working, everything feels like it’s made of spiders.”
Jessica Abel, Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life

“The decision to carve out time and attention to make your work is a breathtaking act of ego. You’re saying, “I don’t care what everyone else thinks I should be doing with my time. I know this is what I need to do.” If”
Jessica Abel, Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life

“I sit in front of the notebook and feel like it’s just too late for me. And that this book isn’t working, nothing’s working, everything feels like it’s made of spiders.” Those”
Jessica Abel, Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life

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