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A quietly charming collection from Drawn & Quarterly, this 2017 issue of Present by Leslie Stein opens with warm, hand-drawn vignettes that feel like pages from a personal sketchbook — a figure at a drafting table surrounded by soft washes of color, and a relaxed bar scene where characters lean into easy conversation. Stein's minimalist linework and gentle watercolor palette give the whole thing an intimate, unhurried energy that draws you right in. With the story "Daughter's Day" at its heart, this is the kind of comic that reminds you why the quieter, more personal corners of the medium matter so much.