It's Not What You Thought It Would Be

Lizzy Stewart’s intimate graphic novella for Fantagraphics, published in 2021, explores the quiet, unglamorous reality of adulthood through the eyes of a young woman navigating London. Stewart’s delicate, observational art and understated storytelling capture the gap between youthful expectations and the mundane, often lonely, textures of everyday life. This single-issue work marks a poignant, character-driven debut from a notable British cartoonist.