Lee Lai

Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially Montreal). Her latest graphic novel, Cannon, is with Giramondo and Drawn & Quarterly.

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Lee Lai

Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially known as Montreal, Canada). In 2021, she was selected as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, which went on to win several awards, including the Lambda Literary Award, the Cartoonist Studio Prize, the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, and two Ignatz Awards. Her comics have appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Granta, and the Museum of Modern Art’s Magazine. Her latest graphic novel, Cannon, was published this year with Drawn & Quarterly, Giramondo, and in various other languages.

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A predominantly black and red book cover featuring a cartoon of a person in a black apron surrounded by flying birds. The title "Cannon" and author "Lee Lai" appear in wavy white letters

Cannon

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