#wired up wrong

Wired Up Wrong by Rachael Smith.

This is the Deluxe version only available from her Kickstarter campaign.

Its near pocket book size and is Rachael's own personal account battling depression told through the medium of the comic book page.

Its a very brave venture but utterly compelling from start to finish. I have 2 of her previous books (House Party & The Rabbit) and they are all rendered in Rachael's own unique cartoon style artwork.

Rachael Smith’s “Wired up Wrong” gets re-release from Icon Books

Rachael Smith’s fantastic graphic memoir, Wired Up Wrong, is getting a world-wide release through Icon Books next month, with a new cover and exclusive new pages. Hoping to better understand her own brain, award-winning comic-creator Rachael Smith set about documenting her experiences and struggles with anxiety and depression through comic strips. The resulting book, Wired Up Wrong, is both…

#ICEBrighton2019: @EnglishmanSDCC In Conversation with @rachael_ Smith at @ICECOMICON Brighton,16th March 2019

ICE International Comic Expo 2019 ‘Winter Edition’: Holiday Inn Bayfront Brighton, Saturday 9th March 2019

I was very lucky and honoured to have been invited down to the South Coast of England to participate in the Winter Edition of Shane Chebsey‘s ICE International Comic Expoin Brighton. A satellite event of the larger Birmingham event, it allows fans of comics in the area to meet with some…

Rachael Smith’s “Wired Up Wrong” among Pipedream Comics nominations for Best Indie and Small Press Comic of 2017

I haven’t backed many Kickstarter projects this year although I have highlighted a fair few on downthetubes, but one I did was the Deluxe Edition of Wired Up Wrong by Rachael Smith – and now it’s deservedly been nominated as Best Indie and Small Press Comic of 2017. Rachael’s debut graphic novel House Party came out in 2014 with Great Beast Comics to critical acclaim. The Rabbit, released by…

Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Wired Up Wrong Deluxe Version – Rachael Smith Returns to Her Accessible and Touching Comics Exploration of Depression and Anxiety

Creator Rachael Smith (Doctor Who, Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure) has been a long-term fixture here at Broken Frontier over the last few years. We’ve followed her work from her self-publishing days in comics like I Am Fire to her first graphic novel House Party from Great Beast through to her acclaimed Avery Hill Publishing releases The Rabbit and Artificial Flowers. Last year she…

Wired Up Wrong – Rachael Smith’s Accessible Exploration of Mental Health Issues May Be Her Most Important Work to Date

Debuting at Thought Bubble! I can point too any number of reasons to enjoy Rachael Smith’s work – her nuanced characterisation, her expressive cartooning or her authentic use of dialogue, for example, all spring rapidly to mind. But perhaps one of the elements of her practice that I haven’t spoken about nearly enough in my coverage of the British Comic Awards-nominated artist’s work here at…