{"product_id":"preparing-to-bite-keiler-roberts-9781770467743","title":"Preparing to Bite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAchingly human auto-bio comics that extract big laughs from the small moments \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCartoonist Keiler Roberts quit making comics. Or did she?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreparing to Bite, \u003c\/i\u003e her latest collection of all-new, one-page comics is a return to perfectform. Roberts skewers innocuous aspects of everyday life and dissects them for theirunique absurdity: from cooking meals, to keeping doctors' appointments, to owning pets, and even navigating now-inescapable zoom calls. These vignettes portray a woman inmiddle-age grappling with the realities of being a mother, a wife, a friend, a daughter, andlastly (perhaps even least of all), a practicing artist--all while dealing with the long-termeffects of a debilitating disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom page to page, Roberts jumps from moment to moment, expertly using the comicsform as nobody else can while showing off what it can do that no other form can. \u003ci\u003ePreparingto Bite\u003c\/i\u003e captures the transient gestures of life in the modern age, both mundane and inane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keiler Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770467742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770467743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.60w x 1.00d","brand":"Keiler Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311243055359,"sku":"9781770467743","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_820583d2-e83c-4e1c-9349-4a94090ab44e.jpg?v=1730888939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/preparing-to-bite-keiler-roberts-9781770467743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}