Then one day I was watching RuPaul’s Drag Race and thought, ‘Oh! Of course!’ Everything snowballed from there. I thought about everything from cosplay to historical reenactments, etc, but nothing seemed to click. “For a long time I had an idea to make a story about a character whose superpower was sewing outfits that would transform the wearer. For the cartoonist, it was a story she’d been longing to tell. With The Prince and the Dressmaker, Wang has created an unique and thoroughly modern fairytale. “I’ve made a couple YA graphic novels! I’ve been drawing comics since high school and I’m very lucky this is something I get to do with my life,” she enthused. Wang is no stranger to creating comics, having already released two other graphic novels. To celebrate the book’s upcoming release from First Second Books, Wang talked with Nerdist about creating comics, writing about your lived experience, and creating gorgeous fantasy worlds. I was lucky enough to read her sumptuous new book, The Prince and the Dressmaker, which tells the tale of the friendship between a young prince who spends his nights escaping his palace in daring gowns and the young seamstress who makes those dresses for him. She’s also one of the minds behind the gorgeous and inclusive celebration of comics, Comic Arts LA, an annual convention held in the city. Jen Wang is a cartoonist/author living in Los Angeles.
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