New Girl for Li’l Depressed Boy?

Last weekend while at the Image Expo, I got to chat with the two creators behind one of current favorite books, Li’L Depressed Boy, S. Steven Struble and Sina Grace.  We got a chance to chat about all things LDB, and I even chatted with Sina Grace on video (which you can see next week).

As we were chatting, I was telling Struble and Grace about how much I enjoy LDB and how it fills that “Relationship Book” genre void for me.  I’ve particularly enjoyed and cringed at LDB’s girl troubles with his crush on Jazmin.  When the topic of LDB’s romantic interests came up, I saw artist Sina Grace glance down at his sketch book, and try to cover something up and sure enough it was some sketches of a new girl in Li’l Depressed Boy’s life. I pushed for details but all Grace would reveal was her name, Spike.

Once the cat was out of the bag, I coaxed Grace into sharing his sketches with me so I could share them with you.

What do you think? Could this be a new love interest for L’il Depressed Boy?  Let’s hope so and it goes better than it did with Jazz.  I’ll be reading Li’l Depressed Boy to find out. If you’re not reading this book and are looking for some fun, emo-style relationship comics, then this book is a must read.

I you want to catch up on Li’l Depressed Boy, you can grab the trades on Barnes & Noble or Amazon or you can read it digitally

 

Comments

  1. Who’s that girl? It’s Jess!!

  2. Hey girl, whatcha’ doing?

    Hey girl, where you going?

  3. It looks like it’s based on zooey Deschanel, which is not a bad thing. She kinda got all the nerds brainwashed along with Emma Stone,

  4. What does “emo-style” mean?

  5. Looks like the kind of girl that would go into great detail discussing Eternal Sunshine and The Science of Sleep with you while listening to the latest Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds LP. Kinky.

  6. this is just perpetuating the idea that awkward yet sensitive comic nerds will eventually find a super hot quirky girlfriend. Never going to happen

    • Having very recently broken up from a four year relationship with ‘a super hot quirky girlfriend’; the relationship coming about the same time i was rediscovering comics, I can simultaneously agree and disagree with your ‘never going to happen’ statement.

      I’ve been putting off trying this series mostly because of the over-the-top nerdy fantasy ideal called into question here, but now more than ever, I think I might actually try this series out!

    • yeah, that sucks. think about why it didn’t work then move on and up.