 She said she found more kinship with comic creators than with comic fans, as they could bond over the process of producing a comic.Lasko-Gross has published two graphic novels, "Escape from "Special"" and "A Mess of Everything" through Fantagraphics.The first, based loosely on the author’s life growing up as a Jewish girl in the suburbs, was published in 2008 and earned her a nomination for YALSA's 2008 Great Graphic Novel award.