New Releases by Mimi Pond

Outrageous, passionate and glamorous, the Mitford sisters beguiled their peers, the press and then the rest of the world throughout their lives and still captivate us today - celebrated cartoonist Mimi Pond brings to them to life in this sparkling graphic biography. As a young girl living in sun-bleached 1960s suburban California, Mimi Pond fell in love with the Mitford sisters. Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah Mitford brought society glitz, pageantry, scandal, and real (rainy) weather to her own prosaic life. High society debutantes known for rubbing shoulders with some of history’s most infamous fascists and communists, the sisters were also, in turn, gifted writers, inveterate nicknamers, chicken-raising homebodies, scathing wits, and passionate adventurers in the maelstrom of the 20th century. Drawn with inimitable artistic flair and a mischievous affinity for the decadent and grandly declining aristocracy, Mimi Pond brings the Mitfords to life in this glittering and lovingly researched family biography.

A young woman''s art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholism The Customer is Always Wrong is the saga of a young na ve artist named Madge working in a restaurant of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps. Oakland in the late seventies is a cheap and quirky haven for eccentrics and Mimi Pond folds the tales of the fascinating sleaze-ball characters that surround young Madge into her workaday waitressing life. Outrageous and loving tributes and takedowns of her co-workers and satellites of the Imperial Cafe create a snapshot of a time in Madge''s life where she encounters who she is, and who she is not. Told in the same brash yet earnest style as her previous memoir Over Easy, Pond''s storytelling gifts have never been stronger than in this epic, comedic, standalone graphic novel. Madge is right back at the Imperial with its great coffee and depraved cast, where things only get worse for her adopted greasy spoon family while her career as a cartoonist starts to take off.

From glorious tresses to embarrassing messes, bouffants to comb-overs, and rugs to plugs, here is a hilarious look at our obsession with hair, highlighted with Mimi Pond''s inimitable drawings, to help readers through really bad hair days. Line art throughout. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Understanding that the road to connubial bliss is almost always paved with matrimonial mayhem, Mimi Pond guides readers across the mine field called wedding planning and leaves you at the altar with your sense of humor intact. Whether it''s feuding family members, outrageous expenditures, or temper tantrums overBaby''s Breath, you''ll know what to expect and how to cope with it. Line drawings throughout.