I finished #Merriment last week and I can’t stop thinking about it. The loneliness of it all combined with Mack’s loosening grip on reality just hits so hard. The way her friends show up for her (though I don’t think either of those words are right) just feels different than how mental illness is normally portrayed.

#GraphicNovel

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/03/28/merriment-graphic-novel-joe-steinhardt-marissa-paternoster/

Two Indie-Rock Lifers Explore Boredom and Madness in New Jersey in New Graphic Novel

Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females and Joe Steinhardt of Don Giovanni Records explore Garden State despair in Merriment.

Philadelphia Magazine