Gabrielle Bell at Desert Island

This Friday, our favorite indie comic shop Desert Island is having a party for Gabrielle Bell. Bell's new book about the Williamsburg experience (or at least the experience for those of us who can't pony up a million dollars to live at 20 Bayard) has gotten a ton of critical acclaim. From Book Slut:

Gabrielle Bell's new graphic novel Lucky collects the serialized mini-comic that garnered an Ignatz Award in 2004. Her new book, which is simply yet effectively illustrated, chronicles Bell's life in Brooklyn while she goes through a period most artists seem to have to endure when moving to the city. From apartment-hopping to gross minimum wage and leading to bizarre odd-jobs one can only find on Craigslist, Bell captures the struggling Williamsburg experience that non-trust-funders simply cannot avoid.