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Copyright © 2018 Prudence Geerts
Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.
Cover + Interior Illustrations: Prudence Geerts
Cover and Layout Design: Elina Diaz
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Bad at Adulting, Good at Feminism: Comics on Relationships, Life and Food
Library of Congress Cataloging
ISBN: (print) 978-1-63353-758-3, (ebook) 978-1-63353-759-0
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018933361
BISAC category code: CGN008000 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Contemporary Women
HUM001000 HUMOR / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons
Printed in the United States of America
This book is dedicated to you, because without you, I wouldn’t be where I am today!
“Life from Prudence’s point of view is fun, colorful and shameless. Something to make fun at because life is too short!”
—@sweetcornandlettuce
“Struggling with the whole
“mature adult” thing? Illustrator Prudence Geerts feels your pain.”
—Brittany Wong, Huffington Post
“Perfect read for when the
struggle is too real.”
—@elina_designs
“Prudence’s comics are highly relatable and a large portion of them highlight the issues of the modern woman (or man). A truly wonderful comic artist!”
–@relatabledoodles
“Prudence is an inspiring person and illustrator in the comic community. Her work portrays her honest vulnerability with all its raw authenticity and a big chunk of creativity-something many of us could relate to. She is an absolute talented darling.”
–@vicscribs
“Planet Prudence proves that the struggle is real for millennials.”
–@PopSugar.
“Prudence is an amazing artist who knows just how to capture the daily struggles of life as a female. Her work is entertaining, relatable and makes you want to be her best friend.”
—@goodbadcomics
Table of Contents
I Love Me 19
Social Butterfly–Anti-Social Butterfly 47
We are Female, Hear us Roar 97
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Introduction
My name is Prudence. I’m twenty-five years old at the time of writing and I’m loving it, even though I’ll admit that it’s very challenging and awkward to be in your mid-twenties. To this day, I don’t even feel like a proper adult yet. Taxes still scare the crap out of me, I don’t own a house yet, and I laugh at dirty jokes—heck, I still make dirty jokes. I feel as if I’m still sixteen years old on the inside while, in reality, that was a decade ago. Sometimes I feel as though I should stop acting this way. Like if I acted more in the style of what society would expect from an “adult,” then people would probably feel a lot more comfortable around me.
Honestly, I’m really socially awkward and that has put me in situations that
are worth exploring and sharing with you. Because aren’t we all a bit like this—like everything my blog Planet Prudence embodies? Apparently we are, because I’ve seen it firsthand. Young and old can relate to my comics. How awesome is that?
I grew up and lived my entire life in Belgium. Rainy, cloudy, tiny but beautiful Belgium. Currently I live in an even smaller town, where all the kids knew each other growing up and, today, they still know each other or they’ve grown up to be colleagues or sisters-in-law. Everyone probably knows everyone around here.
I didn’t go to high school here, though. I wanted to study art, so I went to Bruges. It is a big city, full of potential, and