GORGEOUS ART: Creator Tracy Butler is a legitimate artistic phenomenon. Her stunning, high-effort art makes every page a visual feast and invites readers right in. There's so much to see here; this is an easy book to pick up, and a hard book to put down. MEDIA TIE-IN: The Lackadaisy webcomic (https://lackadaisy.com/) has been running since 2006, and Iron Circus Comics will release two hardcover collections of this ongoing series in April and August of 2024. The Lackadaisy YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@LackadaisyComic) features animated shorts featuring the characters from this book, and a full season of an animated series is currently in the works.

PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT: The first quarter of this book is devoted to lushly-illustrated profiles of virtually every named character in the story. About half the book is dedicated to humorous bonus comics, all of which are short vignettes that showcase the characters and their relationships, but aren't directly part of the storyline of the other books. LIGHT-HEARTED DARK HUMOR: While Lackadaisy's story revolves around crime, violence, and tragedy, its actual tone is one of cute comedy and unhinged action, light on consequences. The short comics in this volume are especially light-hearted, focusing more on character interactions and goofy bits than storyline. ARTISTIC HOW-TO: Tracy doesn't just wow the audience with her art: she also shares her process, going well beyond "How to draw this character" and into "How do you learn to draw", as well as drilling down into specific topics like facial expressions, clothing wrinkles and drapery, and even Photoshop tricks! HUGE EXISTING AUDIENCE: Lackadaisy has attracted a large and extremely passionate audience over the years, and Tracy Butler has an active Twitter account with 142.5K followers (@LackadaisyCats). The Lackadaisy YouTube channel has 909K subscribers, and the animated pilot episode currently has 13 million views. The 2023 Lackadaisy crowdfund raised over two million dollars (https://www.

backerkit.com/c/projects/iron-circus-comics/lackadaisy-bookset-and-plushes), and the audience continues to snap up every piece of Lackadaisy merchandise available. APPEALING CHARACTERS: You don't need to know or care about the other Lackadaisy media to be interested in adorable cartoon cats. There's more interest in anthropomorphic animal people now that ever, and cats are always a winner.