Process Recess

A playful and surreal three-issue series from AdHouse Books, Process Recess (2005–2009) is a comic about making comics, where creators deconstruct their own creative processes with humor and metafictional twists. Each issue features a rotating cast of cartoonists—including James Kochalka, John Kerschbaum, and others—who turn the act of drawing into a self-aware, often absurd performance. It matters as a charming, low-key artifact of the mid-2000s indie-comics scene, capturing a moment when cartoonists were eager to pull back the curtain on their craft without losing the fun.