Graphic Therapy: Note from the Gap Years

In Graphic Therapy: Note from the Gap Years, cartoonist Emily Steinberg turns her keen, empathetic eye on the uncertain stretch between life’s major milestones, chronicling her own journey through a period of transition with raw honesty and wry humor. Published as a single issue in 2010, this intimate comic memoir uses spare, expressive art to explore the messy reality of being in your twenties—where professional, romantic, and personal “gaps” feel both daunting and full of possibility. Steinberg’s work stands out for its quiet, unflinching vulnerability, making this a resonant snapshot of a generation navigating the space between where they are and where they thought they’d be.