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    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 30

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 30

    It's the most wonderful time of the month! Another Giselle Clarkson comic. Today our resident illustrator extraordinaire takes us through...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 29

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 29

    If you are as committed to children's books as Giselle and The Sapling team are, no doubt you've found yourself pondering many branded pu...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 28

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 28

    Giselle has visited the theme of anthropomorphism in her comics in the past⁠—remember birds with arms?⁠—but recently she has been ponderi...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 10

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 10

    Our beloved illustrator Giselle Clarkson has fallen in love again... with another book! Scroll down to see her brilliant review of Imposs...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 9

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 9

    Our biscuit & bird illustrator Giselle Clarkson has taken on her first *current* book review! Scroll down to get a brilliant perspective ...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 8

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 8

    Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson not only features in the brand new Annual 2, she also has epiphanies in the shower. GISELLE CLARKSON Gis...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 7

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 7

    Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson has been thinking very hard about the classic Little Golden Book, Kathryn Jackson and Gustaf Tenggren's ...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 6

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 6

    Illustrator Giselle Clarkson shows us how books can be read differently each time ... and why sometimes this is advised. GISELLE CLARKSON...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 5

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 5

    One of the lessons of childhood is that not everything has a happy ending. Or a tidy ending. Or an ending that can be understood ... Here...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 4

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 4

    Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson continues her attempts to cling to childhood innocence. This time, she delves into the deep, dark depths...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 3

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 3

    This month, our illustrator takes on generational politics and the housing crisis, and comes up with a viable scapegoat ... GISELLE CLARK...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 2

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 2

    In which our illustrator attempts to preserve her childhood innocence by living in denial for a decade. GISELLE CLARKSON Giselle Clarkson...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 1

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 1

    In the first of our monthly comics by Giselle Clarkson, we learn the great, early influence Raymond Briggs had on our illustrator. GISELL...
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