In 2009, Tessa Brunton experienced the first symptoms of myalgic
encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome). She spent
much of the next eight years unwell, in a medical holding pattern,
housebound and often alone. In 2017, she found a strategy that helped
reduce her symptoms, and soon began creating the first installments of a
graphic memoir. Notes from a Sickbed collects previously released and
brand-new, unseen comics that recall her experiences with honesty, a
pointed wit, and a lively visual imagination.