Schrag graduated from high school in 1998.
The comics describe Schrag's experiences with family life, going to concerts, drug-taking, high school crushes, and coming out as bisexual and later as lesbian. Schrag then published three more graphic novels based on her next three years of school: Definition, Potential, and Likewise. While attending Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California, Schrag self-published her first comic series, Awkward, depicting events from her first year, originally selling copies to friends and family. Schrag accepts the label of ‘dyke comic book artist’. Her novel Adam provoked controversy with its theme of a heterosexual teenage boy becoming drawn into the LGBTQ community of New York. Totally true and achingly honest, with every cringe-inducing encounter and exhilarating first moment documented - Awkward and Definition is an unflinching look at what it's like being a teenage girl in America.Ariel Schrag (born December 29, 1979) is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an early age for her autobiographical comics. With anxiety in excess and frustration to the fullest, Ariel dives in - meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing out, loving chemistry, drawing comics, and obsessing over everything from glitter-laden girls to ionic charges and the constant pursuit of the number-one score.
Some friends thrilled to see themselves in the comic, others not so much, but everyone was interested.Īwkward chronicles Ariel's freshman year, and Definition, her sophomore year. Ariel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in Awkward and Definition, the first of three amazingly honest autobiographical graphic novels about her teenage years.ĭuring the summer following each year at Berkeley High School in California, Ariel wrote a comic book about her experiences, which she would then photocopy and sell around school.
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