- Preorder Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)After working on a new book for the last 5 to 100 years or so, it’s finally done and it’s (almost) here! Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here) comes out on April 14th 2026, but you can preorder it now from your… Read more: Preorder Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)
- Paperback release for Tenements, Towers & TrashOut May 6th! Preorder online here or get a limited-run free print with a preorder through The Strand, McNally Jackson, Greenlight, and Rizzoli Bookstore! More info below The paperback of Tenements, Towers & Trash is almost here! (Excerpts/preview pages here) The original came… Read more: Paperback release for Tenements, Towers & Trash
- Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)These pages are from a graphic novel I’m working on about having a kid. I got the title – Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)- from this comic, which was originally up on the New Yorker. The book willl be out from… Read more: Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)
- The Suicide LightSome of the more serious pages from Impossible People.
- parenting a baby vs parenting a toddler
- Pet Sematary: A True StoryThis comic originally appeared on the New Yorker. It’s a tribute to my undying love for Stephen King, but also one of the scariest things that’s ever happened to me. The spelling of Sematary in the book title messed with my head for… Read more: Pet Sematary: A True Story
- The Super NintendoI still think Super Mario World is the best game ever made. To support my work and see new comics, go here. To buy books, prints, mugs, t-shirts, etc, go here.
- 2021This event happened in April of 2021. This has been a very hard time for our family so I didn’t post anything publicly about it until 2022, and haven’t posted anything since. Things are improving, but it’s a long process. To support my… Read more: 2021
- Mom & Philip RothThis comic originally appeared on the New Yorker in 2019 when I had no clue that I’d be pregnant a few months later. To support my work and see new comics, go here. To buy books, original art, prints, mugs, t-shirts, and more, go… Read more: Mom & Philip Roth
- Heading Back OutAll event and book order info is here!
- Impossible People- out May 9th 2023OUT 05/09/23 PREORDER NOW! I’ll be adding tour dates in May through the fall, keep an eye on this page for upcoming events Description from the publisher: In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronicles her haphazard attempts at sobriety… Read more: Impossible People- out May 9th 2023
- Leftover illustrations pollHello all! I’m sitting on a trove of about 60 pages of illustrations of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, many of which I use in the backgrounds for Impossible People, but never published as standalone art (with the exception of a few pages in Tenements, Towers… Read more: Leftover illustrations poll
