Small Favors

Colleen Coover’s Small Favors ran for eight issues from 2000 to 2003 with Fantagraphics, a charming and intimate series that Coover wrote and drew in its entirety. The book follows a young woman navigating the small, everyday complications of life, love, and friendship, rendered in Coover’s warm, expressive linework and gentle humor. It stands as a quietly influential example of early-2000s alternative comics, showcasing Coover’s singular voice and her ability to find depth in the seemingly mundane.