Remember Me and You

Lizzy Stewart’s debut graphic novel, It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, reimagines visual storytelling through a series of interconnected vignettes that each employ a unique illustrative style. From black-and-white sketches to full-color drawings, Stewart’s stories are linked by feelings of uncertainty and acceptance as friends and strangers alike confront the many ways in which expectations rarely match up with reality. In the below excerpt, two longtime friends meet up and recall the simple pleasures of their adolescence.

 

Lizzy Stewart is an illustrator and author based in London. She has written and illustrated books for children as well as countless comics and zines. She teaches illustration at Goldsmiths University and has also taught courses at the Tate and on behalf of the National Portrait Gallery. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Central St Martins.From It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, by Lizzy Stewart, published July 27, 2021, by Fantagraphics Books. Copyright © Lizzy Stewart. Courtesy of Fantagraphics Books.