Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

Jarrett Krosoczka’s developing love of art is a running theme throughout this graphic memoir. How do you see the germ of this story developing in the stories he tells about how he learned to make comics? How is his art-making related to the way he makes meaning from the events of his life?

The artist Jarrett often writes his adult thoughts over pictures of his younger self doing things unrelated to his grown-up ideas. What effect does this juxtaposition have on your understanding of the story?

Why do you think Jarrett refers to his grandparents as Joe and Shirley, rather than Grandpa and Grandma? How does this choice reflect the complexity of his portrayal of them?