"I love the way… Keiler Roberts use[s] diary comics to endow small, throwaway moments with

the dignity and weight of larger ones."—Liana Finck, New York Times

"I just cannot stop laughing when I read her comics because I feel like she has peered deep into
my soul and [into] the absurdity of parenting life."—SLATE

"Roberts has the amazing ability to slow down time and focus on the smallest of moments... [My
Begging Chart is] a refreshingly intimate portrait of family life."—NPR, Books We Love 2021

"What more can you ask from someone telling the story of her life?"—Chicago Tribune, Best
Memoirs and Biography of 2021

"Thoroughly entertaining... Roberts’s slightly warped perspective hilariously and poignantly

reflects back to readers the transient absurdity of domestic life."—Publishers Weekly, Starred
Review

"Roberts is blunt about the highs and lows of everyday life, imbuing moments of vulnerability
with dry humor thanks to her sparse art style and understated storytelling."—Chicago Reader

"Her work gives off a kind of radical stillness. It always lowers my blood pressure... Keiler
Roberts is my new hero."—Christopher Borrelli, The Chicago Tribune

"[Keiler Roberts's] comics collect the good, the not so good, and the silly, which make up the
world around each of us."—BlogCritics

"The wry wit and earnestness that makes [Keiler Roberts] a good teacher also makes her a good
artist... [Her work] is so incredibly intimate."—Chicago Review of Books

"Candid and funny, My Begging Chart finds whimsy in the minutiae of everyday life."—Shelf
Awareness

"[Keiler Roberts's] comics... are fairly existentialist. They feel like part of a mindfulness practice,
exercised to keep the creator's mind on the world and her body and brain involved. If you slow
down while reading them, they can do the same for you."—The Comics Journal

"Slow, prosaic, and deliberately casual, Keiler’s adeptness at carving the pie of her life into
weirdly shaped, tasty little slices and serving it up is cumulatively impressive... [W]ith enough
curiosity and dry amusement at the ludicrous nature of everyday life, [she] proves again and
again that we can still be surprised, even if only by the excitement of the ordinary."—Women's
Review of Books

"Their mother-daughter bond here is strong despite daily annoyances, and Xia shares her mom’s
wry sense of humour in a way that is sometimes shocking but always genuine."—Winnipeg Free
Press
"Roberts doesn’t tell a story, rather she reveals the parts of life left out of stories. Slow but short
moments that don’t really go anywhere but do have, at their heart, a hint of humor and character,
that when put together across a book create a stronger, realer sense of a person than most
traditional narratives can achieve. Roberts shows herself and her family at vulnerable moments."
—SOLRAD