Miss Lasko-Gross

Miss Lasko-Gross

Lasko-Gross at the Comic New York symposium at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library on March 24, 2012.
Born Melissa Lasko
1977
Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Artist, Publisher
Notable works
 Henni, Escape from Special
A Mess of Everything
Awards YALSA's 2008 Great Graphic Novels nominee
Graphic novel named one of Booklist's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2010

Melissa Lasko-Gross (known professionally as Miss Lasko-Gross) is an American comics creator, known for her semi-autobiographical graphic novels Escape from Special and A Mess of Everything.

Early life

Melissa Lasko was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1977. She grew up reading comics, with her favorite ones ranging from Fantastic Four to Love and Rockets.

Career

In high school, Miss began to create her own self-published comic series, Aim, which she promoted by doing consignments with local comic book stores. It was at this point that she became a member of the comic book community. She said she found more kinship with comic creators than with comic fans, as they could bond over the process of producing a comic.

Lasko-Gross has published two graphic novels, Escape from Special and A Mess of Everything through Fantagraphics. The first, based loosely on the author’s life growing up as a Jewish girl in the suburbs, was published in 2008 and earned her a nomination for YALSA's 2008 Great Graphic Novel award. A Mess of Everything, a sequel of sorts to her first book, was also well received, as it was named one of Booklist’s top 10 graphic novels of the year in 2010.

Lasko-Gross is currently working on a series called Henni about "cute animals and religious fundamentalism in a horrible, twisted marriage" for an iPhone app, as well as a long term novel project that chronicles the experience of a burn victim of an explosion.

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