Meet Olive, a girl who can't stop going on dates. She's a young woman like any other in search of love, but navigating the chaotic world of modern dating doesn't bring her any closer to finding her soulmate; why are there so many weird people out there?!

Join Olive on her quest for a partner as she experiences dates that go from bad to worse until they become disastrous: from a man who disappears after going to the bathroom in a restaurant and is later seen working there as a waiter, to a woman who vomits on her at the beach, and even a musical triangle professional who ends up in a fistfight and jumps out of not one, but two moving taxis.

Will Olive manage to find the right person? And will that person be everything she's looking for?

Following the success of her viral comic series about dating on Instagram, comes Disaster Dates & Lucky Escapes, a work packed with wacky stories illustrated in the colorful and fun style characteristic of Tess Smith-Roberts. These stories—sometimes scatological, often easy to relate to, and always hilarious—are woven into a narrative that includes dates sent in by Tess's followers, others inspired by previous stories, and, of course, some of the fan favorites from her popular Instagram series.

English text

96 pages

15.49 x 21.34 cm