The Pass Catherynne M. Valente Alison Bechdel and Chris Ware

Alison Bechdel and Chris Ware

Contributors include: Femke Hiemstra

the birds don't welcome the new birdhouse quite as Owly and Wormy had hoped

Eisner Award-winning cartoonist

Winner: American Library Association (ALA) Booklist Top 10 Biography of the Year

The Pass Catherynne M. Valente Alison Bechdel and Chris WareBy Katriona Chapman. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 184 pages, Colour, 2026. In this keenly observed character study, up and coming London chef Claudia struggles to balance the weight of ambition with her personal life. In her early thirties, Claudia is fast becoming a sensation on the culinary scene. While putting her chic London restaurant, Alley, on the map, she decides to enter the upcoming Chef of the Year competition. All this, as she is