About
Lauren R Weinstein is a cartoonist who is still recovering from having a baby and moving to the suburbs of New Jersey (it’s been two years). Her comics books include, Girl Stories and The Goddess of War, and her work has been published in Kramer’s Ergot, The Ganzfeld, An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and The Best American Comics of 2007 and 2010. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Glamour, and Heeb magazines. She is currently working on a sequel to Girl Stories.
Hey Lauren–
Great meeting you at SPX. Thanks again for reminding me to pick up my stuff @ the Picturebox booth! Thought you might like to see Tom Chalkley’s syllabus for his Cartooning class at Hopkins: http://www.tomchalk.com/cartooning.course.php
LOVE the Goddess of War!!
All best,
–Craig.
Lauren,
Did you grow up in Brookline, MA? I just read the excerpt from Girl Stories in The Best American Comics 2007. The Cleveland Circle parking lot in “Skate Date” seems awfully familiar. (You mean behind the movie theater?) I live on Kilsyth Road in Brookline, not far from Cleveland Circle. Anyway, I like your work and look forward to reading more.
Sincerely,
Bill
Hi Bill,
Yes you are very perceptive! I did grow up in Brookline, and I’m working on another book about going to Brookline High right now. A couple years ago I snuck into BHS over the summer to take pictures and I was awed by how beautiful the quad was with no students in it.
You totally figured out the parking lot behind the movie theater! Is the Ground Round still there?
Hey Lauren,
That’s so cool that you’re from Brookline! I didn’t know anyone from here was into cartooning! (Well, aside from recent BHS grad Zoe Abbett who self-publishes a great comic called “Z-Boy.” I picked up her first two issues at New England Comics in Coolidge Corner.)
I didn’t grow up in Brookline, but I’ve been inside BHS a bunch of times (as a former volunteer for Brookline Access Television). The quad really is nice, isn’t it? I’ve only seen it during graduation ceremonies.
So it was the movie theater parking lot! I didn’t know it was a “sk8ter” hangout. Wow, the Ground Round — how long has it been since you’ve been home? The Ground Round was replaced by Applebee’s a couple years ago. The Cleveland Circle movie theater recently closed, too, after 40 years of business, soon to make way for luxury condominiums.
By the way, I went to Comicopia in Kenmore Square yesterday and bought Girl Stories — yay! It’s a lot of fun, reminds me of the same difficult teenage years my sister Susie and I lived through in Princeton, NJ. The first page says you lived on Lincoln — does that mean you went to Pierce, near the public library and town hall? Gee, I have so many Brookline questions for you, but I won’t clutter your blog with them. I’ll write again after I finish reading your book.
Sincerely,
Bill
Hey Lauren!
I had you for pre-college cartooning just this past summer and loved it! I came all the way from Canada. Picked up Goddess of War while in NY and thought it was really great (made me laugh)! And when I got back home it was in quite a few shops here!
I sent you an e-mail through my sva e-mail account (As well as Keith). I hope you got it!
do you know who st George and the dragon really were
Hi there Lauren
I’m working on a soundtrack for a book (of drawings/photos etc) that I published this autumn, I would love to include your quote ”
Sometimes you can tell a better truth by lying, basically, by tweaking the truth to
get more into the anxiety of the moment” in it. And even better to have you recorded saying it. Drop me a line and I will tell you more about it, or if you just want to say no thanks. You can check out a few pages from the book on my website. Thanks / Jonas Liveröd – Sweden
Lauren,
I bought Goddess yesterday night and am reading it right now. Really great- I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time and I feel like I want to spread the reading out over a week to have this place to go back to. Bought it at Hub Comics in Somerville, MA. Just moved here. Just wanted to say that I love this book so far.
-Brown
Hello, Miss Weinstein!
You probably don’t remember me, but in early 2007, you visited my school in New York City to discuss “Girl Stories” with some junior high school girls. I was an eighth grader then, and after that discussion, you and I spoke for a bit about comic-cons and the nature of graphic memoirs. I did not ever get a chance to send you any samplings of my work via email (since I hardly got around to cleaning up what I had), but I’ve provided a link to my current artwork in case you are still interested in checking it out.
It was a pleasure meeting you back then!
~Megan Ruiz G.
Hi Lauren,
It’s me, Zoe, from this summer at the pre-college program, the one who did “Mana & Mana” about the transvestite and the princess of seals who get married against their will.
you e-mail is on my phone, which my mom has temporarily stolen. I wanted to say that I did not forget about out CD burning promise, and that I may very well be coming to the second semester of your class in the Winter/spring? I think that Candice may also come, which is very exciting for me, as well.
I thought it might be wise to further discuss the matters at hand on e-mail, since you now have mine.
I would also, since I’m on your blog, like to give you a gigantic thanks for your incredibly constructive critique on “Mana & Mana” and my overall work this summer. I miss those three weeks very much. They might have been the best time in my life, other then the three weeks I spent in Japan afterwards. They are definitely equal, and were, for sure, the best times in my life. Thank you for making my three weeks at SVA so fantastic!