Graphic Novel Talk with Sophia Glock

Cartoonist Sophia Glock discusses art, publishing, and dreams

Join us in welcoming local author and artist Sophia Glock to Bards Alley for a talk about the process of drawing, writing, and publishing a graphic novel! Her most recent book is Before We Wake, an ethereal YA romance that explores the world of lucid dreams.

Alternating between a spare and vibrant visual palette, the novel follows two teenagers who discover a psychic connection between their sleeping selves, which complicates their waking lives. Glock previously made her debut with Passport, a graphic memoir chronicling her childhood as the daughter of CIA operatives.

Copies of both books will be available for purchase and a signing after the discussion. This event is recommended for teenagers ages 12 and up as well as adults.

RSVP for free here: eventbrite.com/e/cartoonist-sophia-glock-before-we-wake-tickets-1984979450972

ABOUT THE BOOK

Haunted by a recurring dream, Alicia borrows a book about lucid dreaming, and soon learns to take control of her sleeping life. She welcomes the arrival of her best friend's boyfriend in her dreamworld, and soon sparks start to fly. But then he admits, when they are both awake, that he remembers everything that happened while they were asleep. Suddenly, Alicia’s dream life has become as complicated as her waking one.

In this electrifying graphic novel, Glock whisks readers on a head‑spinning romantic dream odyssey, exploring the ways in which we hold ourselves back—and what it will take to let our wildest dreams come true.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sophia Glock is a cartoonist who lives in Virginia. Her graphic memoir Passport was published in 2021 and her latest book is Before We Wake was released in 2026, by Little, Brown Ink.

Sophia’s comics and cartoons have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Buzzfeed, Narratively, and Time Out New York. In 2008 she was a recipient of a Xeric Foundation Grant for her comic, The Deformitory. Her collection of comics Born, Not Raised was selected to be included in The Society of Illustrators Cartoon and Comics Art Annual 2016 and her short comic The Secrets in My Mother's Nightstand was shortlisted for The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Web Comic of the Year in 2016. Art from Passport was selected into the Society of Illustrators 65th exhibition and book.