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    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 33

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 33

    Don't look away, can't look away. Giselle Clarkson explores children's books that she is ghoulishly drawn to. Giselle Clarkson Giselle...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 32

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 32

    Our resident illustrator extraordinaire Giselle Clarkson takes us on an epic tour of some fabulous local bookish monuments - including a...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 31

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 31

    Giselle Clarkson is back for 2021! Today our fabulous illustrator finds her inner poet
    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...
    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...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 27

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 27

    Today is editor Sarah's birthday, and she's going to shelter in one of her favourite books. Would you join her in Carrie Hepple's Garden?...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 26

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 26

    Today is apparently the day for romance, and what can be more romantic than working on a picture book together? Giselle Clarkson explores...
    Merry Christmas from Giselle & The Sapling

    Merry Christmas from Giselle & The Sapling

    The editors of The Sapling all love a good kids' Christmas book. This comic celebrates the books that Briar, Thalia, Kura, and Sarah have...
    Giselle Clarkson & Sarah Laing: A comic interview

    Giselle Clarkson & Sarah Laing: A comic interview

    We love comics, and we love the artists behind them! So for this month's Giselle Clarkson comic, we have something a little different for...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 23

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 23

    Giselle Clarkson wrestles with imposter syndrome in her most recent comic. Giselle has also illustrated The Gobbledegook Book, written by...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 22

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 22

    Penguins have appeared in famed picture books with relative frequency over the years – and not just because a fair few books happen to...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 21

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 21

    Many of the awards for children's literature in New Zealand (bestowed by either Storylines or the New Zealand Book Awards for Children...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 20

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 20

    This is a momentous occasion: it's the second anniversary of Giselle Clarkson Comics on The Sapling (actually, the second anniversary of...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 19

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 19

    Do you recognise the name Avis Acres? Giselle Clarkson fills us in on the importance of this early figure in New Zealand children's...
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