The Happy Shop | Exclusive Preview
Today we have an exclusive preview of The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen, a middle-grade graphic novel about a store that sells happiness. In jars. When Darcy accidentally breaks a jar, the shopkeepers, Frida and Flora, have her make it up to them by helping out around the store, including collecting the happy feelings herself. As she goes about this intriguing new work, though, Darcy questions whether happiness is the only emotion worth selling. Oni Press will publish The Happy Shop on February 13, but you can check out our exclusive advance preview right now—and see how happiness is captured in the wild. Click on the images to enter gallery view, and enjoy!
Filed under: Graphic Novels, Previews
About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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