I’m Sad by Michael Ian Black and Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Author: Michael Ian Black
Illustrator: Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Publication Date: June 2018
Publisher: Simon and Schuster

I follow artist Debbie Ridpath Ohi on Twitter because a retweet of her whimsical doodles encompassing everyday objects made my news feed so much more fun to visit. Plus, I homeschool a budding graphic novel artist and her website is filled with fantastic resources. I was enchanted when posts about her newest release written by author Michael Ian Black, “I’m Sad”, started showing up in my feed. The cover art was exactly the playful vibrant sketches I have come to love from her and exactly the thing to catch the interest of any child and hold it until the last page of a book. I had to wait for my copy, so I kept myself busy by checking out the previous book in the series, “I’m Bored”.

I sometimes feel sorry for authors of…