February 22, 2020

An Embarrassment of Witches by Sophie Goldstein ′13 and Jenn Jordan released on March 3 from Top Shelf Comix. This coming-of-age tale is set in an urban fantasy world full of animal familiars, enchanted plants, and spell-casting. The story explores the mundane horrors of breakups, job searches, and post-graduate existential angst.

“The blobby, busy artwork, drenched in candy colors, is packed with visual jokes: a traffic jam with dragons and pumpkin carriages, mall stores named Fae Jewelers and Taco Spell, a corporate office that turns into an M.C. Escher maze.”

—Publishers Weekly

Sophie’s first long-form comics endeavor, Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell, was co-written with Jenn Jordan. They self-published with funding from Kickstarter in 2013. Sophie’s previous graphic novel, House of Women (Fantagraphics, 2017), collected the award-winning self-published mini-comic series. The Oven (AdHouse Books, 2015) won two Ignatz awards and was nominated for Slate Magazine’s Cartoonist Studio Prize. Sophie has also illustrated a children’s book, Poopy Claws (Overdue Media, 2012), written by Gene Ambaum. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in various publications including New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, Fable Comics, The Pitchfork Review, Cicada Magazine and The Nib. 

“An Embarrassment of Witches is a heartfelt, funny look at how childhood friendships grow up into adult friendships. Goldstein and Jordan give their characters room to make mistakes, change, and learn how to forgive each other (and themselves).” — Melanie Gillman ’13 (As the Crow Flies, Steven Universe)

Buy a copy: Top Shelf Comix, Amazon