SELECTED REVIEWS

For Passport

“You’d think it would be hard to understand being a teenager in a family with such intense secrets, but Sophia pulls you completely into her world. Her book is painfully relevant—a triumph.”
—Tillie Walden, award-winning author of On a Sunbeam

“Glock's memories resonate with vulnerable self-awareness and poignant charm.”
—Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness

“In this cathartic debut graphic memoir, Glock brings readers back to her high-school years, depicting the awkwardness of growing up as the daughter of secret agents, being compelled to constantly move around and make new friends in different countries, and feeling the guilt that stemmed from living a privileged life amidst intense poverty and violence. (As a young child, she and her siblings rode out an unspecified government coup by staying inside their locked compound and watching Disney movies.) A gripping read, Passport also describes classic adolescent scenarios like Glock’s first crush, moments of teenage rebellion such as sneaking a crop top under her blouse, and the blurred boundaries of confusing female friendships.”
—Renate Robertson for Bust Magazine 

“Glock's depictions of quiet yet consequential moments, such as when she ponders the choices her parents have made, are especially spellbinding. Her sparse, restrained art style evokes the feeling of a memory play, a recollection both real and ethereal. She renders the entire book in only three colors: shades of a reddish pink, a cold blue and white. Her characters aren't always easily distinguishable from one another, and while that can cause some confusion in the story, the overall effect is satisfying. After all, how much does Glock really know about the people around her? … In her author's note, Glock concedes as much. "These stories are as true as I remember them," she writes. The CIA's publication review board nixed some of the particulars of Passport before it was published, which makes the details that did end up in the book all the more dramatic.
A deceptively spare graphic novel chock-full of depth and beauty, Passport is an unusual coming-of-age memoir that's totally worth the trip.”
—BookPage 

“Glock’s subtly crafted, emotive graphic memoir explores themes of belonging, identity, and loyalty in a highly specific context: teen life as the child of CIA spies.”
—Publisher’s Weekly

“A rare peek behind the curtain into life as the daughter of U.S. intelligence officers, this is a story full of secrets that expertly unfold one by one. Highly recommended for teen graphic novel collections.”
—School Library Journal

“It considers the emotional impact of familial secrets and growing up between cultures. The soft illustrations in a palette of grays and peaches lend a nostalgic air, and Glock’s expressive faces speak volumes. This is a quiet, contemplative story that will leave readers yearning to know more and wondering what intriguing details were, of necessity, edited out.”
—Kirkus Reviews

For Born, Not Raised

" ...for such a small package, Born Not Raised is incredibly multi-faceted, presenting a creepy dream narrative, as well as an amusing childhood slice of life about bedtime that has a touch of foreboding to it and a few abstract pieces that will further your appreciation for Wiedeman’s talent for visual poetry. "
—John Seven for Vermicious

For The Lettuce Girl

"The entire story is an understated study in balance, in terms of the visuals, the narrative and the characters themselves."
—Rob Clough, High-Low

“Sophia[‘s] art is simple but full of life. There is a gentleness to it that is a wonderful complement to her stories.”
—Sheena McNeil, Sequential Tart

"...Wiedeman taps into that symbolic resonance to create unusually intimate and psychologically rich versions of a classic tale’s iconic characters. The book has a lilting charm and idiosyncratic visual style which form a work of unexpected warmth and empathy..."
—Andy Zeigert, for Festival Season

"Wiedeman’s control over the pacing of the story is beautifully tyrannical; it is impossible to flip quickly through the comic. She is especially creative with the gutters, slicing pages into neat squares to replicate the imagery of a cage, nudging birds out of panels to create a sense of freedom and connection, and using the gutters as tools to mark movement to a new place, or the passage of time."
—Alenka Figa for Women Write About Comics

For The Deformitory

"The simple, but achingly strange black-and-white book links a series of stories about the sad, creepy residents of a tower-house called the Deformitory, home to creatures that don’t fit in anywhere else..."
—The Comics Panel, The A.V. Club

“…an enormously ambitious early work for the cartoonist, one worthy of wide attention.”
—Rob Clough, High-Low

PRESS

Geeks Out Interview with Cartoonist Sophia Glock

INTERVIEW: Sophia Glock reveals details about Passport

Myth, Motherhood and Buttered Toast: An Interview with Sophia Wiedeman, Women Write About Comics, Interview, January 2017

Comic Books For Life, WNRA, The Spark with Martha Woodruff, February 2015

Whurk Magazine, Issue 27, May 2015

26 Awesome Zines We Discovered At The MoCCA Comic Festival, Buzzfeed, April 2015

Best Of 2014, Rob Clough for The Comics Journal, February 2015

John Seven’s 10 Favorite Comics + 2 of 2014, Vermicious, December 2014