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Back in November of 2012, a mysterious illness took Marissa Paternoster and Screaming Females off their touring schedule for a few months. Instead of a press release or a tweet canceling the dates, Paternoster drew a comic strip explaining the illness, and her confusing treatment, and posted it on the band's blog.

Almost a year after that health scare, Paternoster is drawing memoir comics again, but this time around they're about her personal history as a music fan and not mysterious illnesses. So far, both of her comics have read like great character studies, with a special attention paid to how the subject influenced the soundtrack.

Marissa Paternoster's comics appear periodically on the Talkhouse, a new site that features musicians writing about music. She's written about CRASS and addiction, and her family friend Bob and the All Girl Summer Fun Band. Check out a few panels below.