JZ is a sweetpea

the full newsletter from ngozi ukazu that dropped today, for anyone who didn't get it! <3

Check, Please! started in my screenwriting class, senior year. We were supposed to write the first 15 pages of a screenplay. I had this very strange case of senioritis — and this happens every time I’m at the end of my time at an institution — where I only wanted to work on one thing and didn’t care about anything else. In this case, I stopped doing everything for my other classes. I got B’s in classes that I could have easily gotten A’s in. I was like, “I’m going to write a whole screenplay.” I went insane. I interviewed hockey players. I interviewed the hockey beat reporter for the Yale Daily News. I watched documentaries. Read ethnographies. I went to a lot of hockey games.

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Check, Please!

enemies to lovers

WE ARE GOING ON TOUR!!! 🥎🎨🖊️

@mynameismad and I are going on tour for our graphic novel BUNT!, in stores Feb 13. 2024. Mad and I met in art school and have so many things to say about our college/grad school experiences. (And about creating this graphic novel together!!) Come see us on the road! :)

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