Go To Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood

Knisley writes what she knows: frank, funny comic memoirs about her relationship to food and cooking (Relish) or her travels abroad (Age of License), and more. Now she’s turned her pen to explore parenthood. This volume offers a peek into the sketchbook Knisley kept during the bleary first months of her child’s life—one page snippets detailing the highs and lows of parenting a baby, from sleepless nights and leaky diapers to the adorable coos and smiles in between. As the title suggests, Knisley’s black-and-white sketches capture the contradictory nature of parenthood: you wait for the baby to fall asleep, and then miss them when they do. While this isn’t the best book to start with for those uninitiated to the cartoonist’s work, fans and newcomers alike will enjoy seeing a less polished version of Knisley’s output.