Old With Jokes by Leanne Grabel

Leanne Grabel is a writer, illustrator & retired special education teacher who is in love with mixing genres and turning the hard topics of life into entertainment. She has written & produced numerous multi-media shows, including “The Lighter Side of Chronic Depression” and “Anger: The Musical.” Grabel's graphic memoir, Brontosaurus Illustrated, was published by The Opiate Books in 2022, and shortlisted for the Memoir Prize in 2024. My Husband's Eyebrows, a collection of illustrated prose poems, was published by Poetry Box in 2022. Grabel is the 2020 recipient of the Bread & Roses Award for contributions to women's literature in the Pacific Northwest. Grabel was also a member of ArtLab 2023 [https://colabpdx.org/artlab/] for which she developed an illustrated comic monologue, chapbook and humorous postcards on aging “Old with Jokes.” All the books are available from Grabel’s website or various online booksellers. Find her at: http://leannegrabel.com