Clarity's World of the Magically Mundane

AGRAPHI CNOVEL WRI TTENAND I LLUSTRATED BYJESSI CANEWTON

About The Artist Hi! My name is Jessica Newton. I have been drawing since I was very young and have always loved telling stories. I have always found the intersection between the two to be especially captivating. As a little kid, my first works were rudimentary comics. I see Clarity's World of the Magically Mundane as me coming full circle (hopefully I've picked up some artistic and narrative improvements along the way). This story has been in progress in some form for nearly 5 years. Its humble beginning was a series of short stories I would share in my high school's literary magazine club. I can't overstate how proud I feel to see how it has grown into the graphic novel that you are holding in your hands. Thank you for picking it up, and happy reading!

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