19: Matt and Cale Read "Clumsy" with Emma Smith Matt and Cale Read Comics

Matt's wife, Emma, joins our comics aficionados to discuss the first graphic novel she ever read: "Clumsy" by Jeffrey Brown!
"Clumsy" is Brown's first graphic novel, an autobiographical diary-style comic about a year-long long-distance relationship. Brown's writing is brutally honest and revealing and his art style is messy and immediate. It's almost as if he is bleeding on to the page.
All three of us found plenty to relate to amongst the book's many vignettes as Brown is deeply candid about his love life. 
Emma had never read a graphic novel before dating Matt, but now she is his muse and star of his autobiographical "Smith vs Smith" series. Fans of Jeffrey Brown's work will also enjoy Matt's graphic novel, "You're Stuck With Me Now," the true story of how he and Emma met while teaching in Kuwait, how Matt proposed, and how Emma tricked Matt into living with two cats. You can grab a copy of the book online at SmithvsSmith.com/store and see more of Matt's comics about Emma on Instagram @smithvssmithcomics. 
You can follow the podcast on Instagram and Facebook @mattandcalereadomics and on Twitter @mattandcaleread. We will be back in two weeks for the first of a special two-part episode on one of Matt's favourite childhood comics: "Radioactive Man," a spin off of Bongo Comics' "The Simpsons Comics"!