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For all grumps and the ones who love them.

Designer: Keeli McCarthy

Editor: Gary Groth
Editorial Assistance: Conrad Groth
Production: Christina Hwang
Associate Publisher: Eric Reynolds
Publisher: Gary Groth

This edition of NoBody Likes You, Greta Grump

is copyright © 2021 Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
All comics, images, and text © 2021 Cathy Malkasian.
All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce content
must be obtained from the publisher.

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ISBN: 978-1-68396-405-6
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First Fantagraphics Books edition: February 2021
Printed in China
Cathy Malkasian
 : Dusy Own
PET RENTALS
4 AND
SUPPLIES

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DIDN’T
WORK OUT.

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TAKE LONG. | wWE’LL POUR
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WAS A TO GET OUT
HORROR.

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EATEN.

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EATEN MuD
IF SHE’D BEEN
JUST A
LITTLE
NICER...
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\ HAVE JUST
ONE MORE...

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en | aioe LOOK,
FIFTH TIMES fits 4 § ne ee
THE CHARM,
i , xe : : NEW FRIEND.
Bu ie ee
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\ RIGHT HERE. ag
Senne
geen

You GOING
To EAT YOUR
MARSHMALLOW
LASAGNE?
’'M SURE YOUR
NEW FRIEND
DOESNT THROW FOOD.

IT’S Wor
MY FRIEND.

VM GONNA - AND m7 ALL DAY AND

TAPE OVER "M GONNA ALL NIGHTS
ALL ITS PA BOIL IT.. FOREVE
HOLES : ——
MOMMY, DADDY, YOUR MOUSTACHE aE
THIS ONE'S USING BIRTHMARK
BIG WORDS/ IS DUMB DE YOUR HAIR’S
Or A DISASTER.

You’VE
OBVIOUSLY
NEVER
OWNED A
M\RROR.

10
 La
{| SEE YOU'VE AE (WHAT'S A MORA--
DECLARED A Ley OR SILLY
MORATORIUM LITTLE DELAY,
THAT'S WHAT.
ON
LEAFY WHY ARENT You
GREENS... > LIKE THE
OTHERS?

You
PLAINLY
HAVE NO
NEED FOR

a L—

VM GONNA
Dy KICK You.
: 3 -

iLal
 iF ('M TO STAY
THEN YOU MUST \ es
MEET MY DEMANDS. FRESH VEGETABLES,
ee sate (44 GOOD MANNERS,
AND QUALITY
CONVERSATION.

WHAT DO You
THINK 2?TURN
AROUND, PLEASE,
WHILE | PREPARE

\ STARTED SCHOOL. f
THE OTHER KIDS ‘
LOOK LIKE
THEIR
PARENTS.

Ve eA

12
 MOMMY AND YOU MUSTN'T WORRY
DADDY ALWAYS ABOUT APPEARANCES THEY CHOSE
SAY THEY CHOSE ME.
M UNLESS THEY CONCERN ME BECAUSE
HAIR» CLOTHING, OR SOMEBODY
DIDN'T WANT

“ THOSE TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE

DOWNSTAIRS ARE YOUR
PARENTS BECAUSE THEY
LOVE YOU,CLOTHE YOu, AND
FEED YOU HORRIBLE FOOD.

7AND, FOR WHAT \} HEY! You TOLD ME

\T’s WORTH, |HAVE |
STRIPES DON’T GO
NEVER KNOWN THE WITH
FAMILY THAT 5 POLKA DOTS/
meg, BIRTHED ME.

13
 MY NAME (Ss NoBODY.
IT WAS GIVEN To ME

BY \GNORANT ANIMALS ,
WHO DIDN'T KNOW
PROMISE THAT | HAD
You
WON'T
A NTERRUPT?

GooD NIGHT.
WE WILL RE-ATTACH
YOUR DOLLS’ HEADS
. \N THE MORNING-

ASSUMPTIONS
CAN BE
DREADFUL THINGS,
GRETA GRUMP.

THAT
WILL BE
\ NEGOTIATED. |

14
 GETTING READY
TO TRAVEL.

WHY AREN’T
You TAKING BECAUSE
YOUR SHELL? WHERE | AM
GOING MY
SHELL WILL BE
TAKING ME.

aS)
 COME ALONG
AND YOU'LL
FIND OUT.

/ GRETA GRUMP,
You CAN FITIN
ANYWHERE
\F YOU
APPROACH IT
THE RIGHT

feSSRCRE
cum:
eRe
nen
eons
A saaseyforesaee-=

DUMB, DUMB)
DUMB YES.YES,
COME
BRING YOUR \ ALONG.../
WARMEST
CLOTHES.
A HAT
WOULDBE
ADVISABLE.

16
 | AM
Too BIG F WOULD
FOR THIS...) YOU LIKE

, ere.
EAR

NoBODY, WHERE
ARE WE?

YOu ARE
THAT
MISTAKEN>
DEPENDS BuT | AM
ON NOT ONE
THE
MOMENT,

\T’s A7Y DREAM, SOT YOU MAKE A

_ DON’T HAVE To BE POLITE. PERSUASIVE
ARGUMENT,GRETA |
GRUMP. | AM
WERE You
IMPRESSED
DREAMING WHEN WITH YOUR
You THREW RHETORICAL
FOOD ON THE SKILLS. .

DROPS HER
HAIRBRUSH fd

17
WHAT ARE
RHET-~

PINK SHAMP00?/ COUSIN,

oH, NoBODY, 1 \T GIVES
You ALWAYS \ ME GREAT
THINK OF ME, ) . PLEASURE.

AND Who
\S THIS
LOVELY

18
A TIN Foie BALL! ARE You GOING
OH COUSIN, THANK To NIGHTLAND?
You FOR THINKING
OF MES YES. INA AND
ee
[DA HAVE My
NEW SHOES.

19
 HELLO,
COUSIN
FERDINAND-
How \S THE i1’s AB
FOREST. FUSSY, NoBoDY,
TODAY2 BUT You"LL
GET THROUGH.

SNEEZE,
GRETA

20
 DO YOU HAVE
A MEMORY
oF A SNEEZEZ
/SNEEZESN
BUT !}
ARE THE
DON’T HAVE
PASSWORD ANY THING
TO ENTER TO SNEEZE
HERE. ABOUT.
ANY SNEEZE — Lo AND | OPENED
WILL DO. THE PEPPER
SHAKER AND...
 HOW HAVE THE SHOES
WORKED FOR YOU?
EXCELLENT, BUT
VLL NEED THE
NEW PAIR
Now.

22
 WELCOME,
GRETA GRUMP.
(LL BRING YOU
SOME COCOA.

<i

_— #~N COME
THERE’S YOUR .
DOWNSTAIRS,
GRANDMA MILLIE, UNCLE.
YouR PAPA, YOUR
AUNTIE BELLE,
UNCLE ROY,

HERE’S\
YOUR
COCOA,
 STRANGE cals
THINGS “ my ANYONE
AFOOT
i -| 4ayTHE
FRIENDLY | | a CAUSES

WHICHIS WHY
| NEED THESE
NEw SHOES.
\ HAVE A LOT
OF FOOTWORK
AHEAD.
<—

»YES--an EXPEDITION.

24
 NOT JUST
THE SHOES WON'T ANY BuTTons! PLEASE
FUNCTION WITHOUT HOLD OuT YOUR
) CUFFS:

Now SNAP Your Pa TWO

CANES
FINGERS ON AIM THE CANES POPPED
BOTH HANDS; SRA AT YOUR SHOES! outs
THE MAGNET S$

THE FLUTTER’
WILL LIFT You,
LEAN To 4 ea
STEER, - L EXCEPTionAL/
MAKE
FISTS
~ \ To BRAKE.
AND AGILITY
oF A y,
DRAGONFLY:

SNAP YOUR
YOu FINGERS AGAIN
LEARN TO RETRACT
QUICKLY, THE CANES
UNCLE/ . AND LANDS

25
 1S THAT MY
NEW MONOCLE?

NOw PUT
BETTER \T TO
THAN YOUR EAR,
A
TELESCOPE.

WHY WONT You

LET ME IN JF THIS
1S MY DREAM?
oooh! Look

MouTH- |}. Fete? NO DREAMS BRougut us! B

BREATHING | }

26
FIVE PENCIL Stugs!
THREE SHOE LACES
AND A CHIPPED

iT’s BEEN f/ COME BACK WITH

TRULY UNCLE WHEN HE
WONDERFUL | JX RETURNS THE SHOES,
MEETING WON'T YOU?
You, GRETA ° oS

| TRADED THE.
WAS THAT /7Y
TOOTH FAIRY
BABY TOOTH THREE
FROM LAST RUBBER BANDS
SUMMER? FOR IT.

27
 WERE ALL
THOSE CATS
REALLY
YOUR
FAMILY?

| WAS QUITE 7 \'D NEVER ee een

Tiny WHEN , | SEEN A * :
MAMA MILLIE CALICO : atm * TORTOISE.
JAN BEFORE,oR (qs _ "By BUT SHE SAW
SPOTTED ME ke THAT I WAS
ON THE 7) ANY CAT, | VE
SIDE OF \ FOR THAT a f ON MY OWN,
4 1) \ matrer...7 ede Ay AND BEING
THE ROAD.)
' a 4 BULLIED BY
A PACK OF
L PRAIRIE DOGS.

SHE
TOOK ME IN
ANDTHAT WAS THAT.
L HAD LOST ONE FAMILY
BUT GAINED ANOTHER.

YAWN,
PLEASE.

28
BYE-BYE, NoBODY.
VVE POLISHED
YOUR SHELL AND
DONE A FULL
INSPECTION.
You’RE GOOD

29
 WOULD
YOU LIKE
SOME TEA,
GRETA

GET SOME REST,

»{ GRETA GRUMP,
CERTAINLY ) 2. WE HAVE
05 oe
For
é.
fs. A\
NODTAe es
= . UC 0 DO.

DREAM.

ONLY
bm /tBUT {15
TENMINUTES

30
GOOD MORNING, GRETAGRUM a

31
 MORNING,
NoBoDY.

rm
SORRY |
TOOK YOUR
HEAD
OFF,
BENNY
BEAR.

32
 50
MAYBE
i | ; - . You
wee
LOOKING
AT ME ,
LIKE You 5 . or BEINGEING NICE,
Bela
SORRY...

VM SORRY, HANNA
HEN. ?M SORRY,
PEDRO PENGUIN.

THIS 1S MY
FRIEND ALBERT, |
DRESS FOR
WILD WEATHER » ee CREW p) :
AND RUNNING. el a7 fa a 7

lof ; DOWNSTAIRS.

33
YES--HER WHAT TEST°2
PARENTS WHAT'S WRONG WITH
FELL MOMMY AND DADDY?
ASLEEP
WERE LAST
NIGHT.

i _/ PERFORM
| THE TEST,
) EDNA.¥

AH ...AB-..
AHA!
JUST AS
I
SUSPECTED.

34
 BY MY CALCULATIONS,
THEY
THIS INDICATES THAT
ARE
DREAMING THEY WILL BE
ao ASLEEP FOR
THEMSELVES ANOTHER
SLEEPING. DAY ENTIRE.

AND WE'LL MAKE

THE MOST OF IT.
VLL CLEAN THE
KITCHEN. ?(M OFF,
THEN.
COME ALONG,
GRETA
RE-STOCK GRUMP,
THE Foop
SUPPLY.

WE'VE A
BUSY DAY ARE MY
PARENTS
OPEN THE OKAY?
DOOR, YouR PARENTS
PLEASE. ARE FINE
AND WILL
BE WELL
LOOKED
AFTER. YES, AND ONA
NORMAL DAY
{| TRUST You
WOULD CLEAN IT.
BUT TODAY
WE HAVE
_\ANOTHER TASK.

3D
NoBODY, ISNT
YouR SHELL
A TRAIN?

NOW BECAUSE INSTRUCT

\ AM WEARING IT. You \N GREETINGS,
SHELL DALE.

YouR NIECES RATS ARE

THAT THE NEW DIRTY.
BANDAGES
WORK WELL!
SHE RUNS
A HOSPITAL
\N THE
MID-LEVEL

7S AY, DIDYA
HEAR ABOUT
FRIENDLY TOWN ?
. WELL,
BE
HELLO, RALPH; CAREFUL.
NOT AT THE Re
MOMENT... 7 0W Yes.
MY COLLEAGUE)
AND \ ARE
HEADED
THAT WAY. 4
e-

36
You KNOW . THEY ae
HOW Se WELL, NOW
THEY RE

Sif
 NoBODY-- | CANT GET WE
\NTO FRIENDLYTOWN, oy GO THERE
’ AND THEY NEED 7 AN HOUR AGO.
» THEIR TOILETS Joe 1 THE FRIENDLYTOWN
DOGS \ ALWAYS
GROOM YELLED
HAVE THE
BEST ICE

MAYBE WE'vE
ALREADY CAVGHT IT.
WHY, WE COULD BE
MEAN AT THIS VERY
» MOMENTS

| DON’T THINK ate Ses | coop Day,

SO. AFTER ALL, WE ‘(i RS 7 OLD FRIEND!
ARE SPEAKING WITH Tae
OUR FRIEND NoBoDy,
WITHOUT
CROSS WORDS
OR SHOUTS.

YOU MAKE AN
EXCELLENT
POINT.

38
 WHY Do YOU KNOW KNOW THEM
SO MANY PEOPLE? BECAUSE | LIKE THEM...

NoBODY...

BECAUSE
KNOW THEM.

TWO
PRUNES,
PLEASE,
MR.
TRILLBUS,

oe)
 1T WAS QUIET THEY WONT LET ME
THERE AND \N NOW, NoBODy.
F-F- FRIENDLY TOWN... THEY WERE
SHUT ME OUT-, \ DON’T LIKE
CHANGE! 1 DON'T.

Pf MR.TRILLBUS,
/ My COLLEAGUE
AND | WILL LOOK
\NTO THIS

IN FRIENDLY TOWN
MR.TRILLBUS THE
PRUNE SELLERIS
RESPECTED AND
NEEDED.HE FEELS
AT HOME THERE.
HERE,NO ONE
CARES FOR
PRUNES, AND
NO ONE
KNOWS HIM.
THAT DEPENDS
UPON THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
a

40
 ---WHICH IS THE
REASON FOR OVR
(TS NoT FAIR! \ ml s-
: EXPEDITION.
WHY Won't a
AFRIENDLY TOWN
LET HIM IN? Jog
7 Now You
ARE ASKING
THE PROPER i

AN EXPEDITION
iS A BIT LIKE IS THAT WHY
A NACATION,
YOU GOT THOSE 1S THE EXPEDITION
FLYING SHOES? GOING TO BE
EXCEPT THAT,
DANGEROUS ©
\NSTEAD OF
VISITING ROLLER {| DO NOT KNow.
COASTERS AND
SAND CASTLES,
WE HUNT FOR
THE ANSWER

\ HATE SCHooL AND

YM NOT GOING BACK.

41
 ".. | DONT
THEY WON'T
WANT TO
PLAY WITH

FROM THE STORE

DON’T LIKE ME SO
ONT LIKE THEM BACK,

No BODY--
\WAIT For ME!

CURIOUS, ISNT IT?

How THERE ARE
NO CLOUDS

\ HAVEN’T SEEN
A CLoVD
FOR DAYS...

42
 How, NoBoDY?
| DONT HAVE
ANY FRIENDS.

—f / GRETA
bY GRuMP, We
A REQUIRE AND YOU HE LOOKS
ONE MORE WILL SELECT PROMISING...
PERSON THAT
FOR OUR PERSON.
EXPEDITION...

=e

43
HE'S FROM SCHOOL. .
WEae
WAS Pos
FY PAINTED
ee Sai) \ Hts EAR
LIKE HE

THEN 1 STUCK S
A BEE IN
HIS PUDDING...
AND...HE ATE IT.
. A

44
THAT'S HIS y
MOMMY AND rm sonny
DADDY. HE | MADE
LOOKS LIKE YOUR EAR

WHY CAN’T WE GO
BACK TO YOUR COUSINS?
THEY WERE NICE.

45
WE WILL RETURN THE CAN WE USE YOUR
FLYING SHOES NOW? Youre Due
AND UGL YL
SHOES WHEN OUR
EXPEDITION [tS DONE.
asin
Z ds )
ee 3 =

~\
a
VGLY, UGLY, UGLY,
UGLY. THATS UGLY, UGLY UGLY!”
THATS THREE MORE UGLYS.
SHE'S FROM
SCHOOL.
SHE CALLED ME
AN ANCHOVY So
( GLUED
MY HAIR IS A HORSE
NOT vuGty, fe
To HER HAIR.
iPS PREITY: oe

46
EVERY BODY
HATES YOU. To PLAY WITH $
1 ASKED THEM You FIRST/
AND THEY TOLD So NSE yf y
ME THEY HATE

47
NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT,
NOT,

48
77 os
1 DONT CARE
(F THEY DON’T

NOBODY, | DIDN'T
MEAN (T WHEN |
SAID | WAS GOING

To BO\L You.
“BOIL WAS MY J
NEW WORD. &

\ WILL You STILL

RETA GRUMP,
\ TAKE ME ON THE
a ce
APOLOGIZE EXPEDITION?
FOR USING ae
A NEW WORD 3 Rr] WE HAVE
“» FOUND
L
= OUR THIRD
ona

49
 HELLO, GRETA! OH NO, ITS THE
BoY At SCHOOL
WHO EATS ouT oF
BABY FOOD JARS
US 33 baat THEN I
yh TOLD EVERY BODY
ZN tat You ATE
pasy POO
OUT OF

-AND THEN YOu / You GRABBED MY

HAD To EAT “JAR OF PEAS AND
LUNCH You CLIMBED
ALL ALONE.
THE TREE
ABOVE THE
FISH POND...£

GRETA. AZ
PVE NEVER dena ©
~ (Tt MADE THE SEEN GABBY Sete
f BIGGEST SPLASH|ES =
SO EXCITED.
{ EVER AND THE J AND | CALLE
You “THE GREAT
ADVENTURER," /

50
HE RAN ALL oe GRETA, | FINISHED Vile ee WILL Youte
THE WAY :
HOME To MY BOOK So =f 4 PLAY WITH
Now | CAN
PLAY ALL
DAY.

HiS BOOKS,
BUT THE ¥

FIND HIM
ODD.
You WiLt,
y, 1 5

THANK YOUs
BEATRICE.
NG scene] ||} OLD FRIEND.
PLL BRING
THEM BACK
SAFELY.

PERHAPS ye SHE'S THE FIRST CHILD

\T’S OUR | | 7 We’s EVER REALLY WANTED
ACCENT. ; ye To KNOW.
GRETA--
HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE
IN YOUR

51
UM... JUST.-- 1 HAVE THREE
MOMMY, DADDY AND THREE!
AND ME.

ee

SWovlins
Fl
A

mae
Ve

THE FIRST
MOMMY
BuT
AND
THEY
DADDY
MADE ME COULDNT
KEEP
(NTOA
ME:

AND THEY
GET To
KEEP ME,
AND I
GET To
KEEP
THEM.

52
 NoBODY, YOU GOTTA HELP BUT MS.MYRTLE
US! WE GOTTA WHOLE THE ICE CREAM
LOTTA EGGS AnD CREAM
LADY,SHE, SHE...
TO DELIVER To FRIENDLYTOWN.,

SHE, SHE WHAT’S GOIN ON IN V my COLLEAGUES AND | ARE

TOLD US FRIENDLY TOWN ? You PREPARED TO
To ALWAYS KNOW INVESTIGATE
GET THINGS... THE MATTER |

KNOW HOW
TO FIND

COLLEAGUES,
\F YOU WOULD
PLEASE GRAB
HOLD oF

ae)
 OF COURSE,
SHEILA.

NoBODY;
MIGHT IL
MAKE A
SUGGESTION2,

BEFORE VENTURING
INTO AN UNFRIENDLY QUITE
PLACE, tT \S BEST pee
To GET A GOOD
Look AT IT a TANS,
FROM A SHEILA.
DISTANCE.

54
 (F FRIENDLYTOWN
HAS A
PROBLEM...

: THAT’S A
\ SHALL - MONOCLE.
FIRST
NEED TO
EXAMINE
(T
CLOSELY...

YS)
 LEOPOLD

GRANDPA AND
. GRAND DAUGHTER...

GRANDPA,
YOUR WIG LOOKS
LIKE A BOAT!

@ YOu LITTLE
PUNKI'™
THROWING YOUR [#
SCIENCE PROJECT );
\N THE
DUMPSTER!

AW-- .
ere STANLEY
SQUIRREL...} |
ot
OLD ; Pie)
FRIEND.

THEY REALLY
FEEL.

56
 AND STAY
AWAY FROM
OUR NUTS/
ON OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD,
NoBODY/
es

T ALWAYS
KNEW HE WAS

COLLEAGUES,
PLEASE

FRIENDLY TOWN
is SO NAMED
BECAUSE IT IS
THE MOST
FRIENDLY
TOWN...

Or
 iT HASALWAYS
WELCOMED THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN MADE To FEEL
ODD AND ALONE. THEY ARE
HAPPY TO FIND A PLACE THERE.
BUT NOW IT IS THE CENTER
OF ALL CITY MEANNESS.

if
MY FAVORITE ICE CREAM LAST WEEK MS.MYRTLE NoBODY, WILL MS. MYRTLE
SHOP \S IN GAVE ME A FREE BE MEAN Now, T00?
FRIENDLYTOWN. SUNDAE FOR MY
BIRTHDAY.

<

YES, GABBY,
THAT IS
HIGHLY LIKELY,

58
 PLEASE
er FOLLOW ME,
RURTLE, = { -\ ONE AT

HAVE To GO
THE RIGHT

7G apey.. DO YoU DO YOU WANT ie

WANT A SISTER?

59
 IT’S
BECAUSE
SHUT OUT?
WHAT WILL WE po?
THEY HAD THE /§
FINEST CARROTS,
 FRIENDS! Don’t V HAVENT You Ay.WELL, THINK OF IT:
BLAME YOUR EARS oR EVER BEEN TALLTOWN sranps RIGHT
FRIENDLY TOWN-- uJ oNBY A
ON
OVER FRIENDLYTOWN. So
BLAME TAI|ToWD GIRAFFE? WHEN TALLTOWN
SNEEZES, FRIENDLY TOWN
OF COURSE, WHO HASN'T? CATCHES THE COLD.
THEY'RE A MENACE
AT THE SYMPHONY.
HAVE To Do BuT FRIENDLY TOWN
WITH THIS24 ISNT SICK! JUST MEAN.

P ALL I KNOW 1S
THIS: ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT I WAS FLYING
ovER TALLTOWN wHen
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
WIND Got DIZZY. ALt
THOSE TALL, TALL BUILDINGS
MUST'VE CONFUSED IT. I SHEILA,PERHAPS NM
FLEW AWAY JUST IN TIME, THE WIND DRAGGED ¥
BUT MY COUSIN PIERRE SOMETHING ELSE
WASN'T SO LUCKY. DOWN WITH IT,
ah THE DIZZY WIND SOMETHING THAT
DRAGGED HIM TURNED !
FROM THE FRIENDLY TOWN
‘ UNFRIENDLY.
HIGH AIRS
To THE LOW;
RIGHT DOWN To J WE a
THE STREETS OF fELY OVER
FRIENDLY TOWN. TALLTOWN,
AGAIN.

61
62
63
 WE HAVE GATHERED
GOOD QUESTIONS,
HAVE WE NOT.2

NEED To
VISITA PLACE
WITH G00D
ANSWERS.

How Do WE
GET IN
THERE ? THROUGH
3 THE OLD
BRUSSELS
SPROUTS
STAND;
OF COURSE.

64
NoBopy, tS THIS g OW YES,
A REAL LIBRARY AND \F WE
WITH REAL BRING THE
BOOKS P RIGHT
QUESTIONS. +;

“WE MAY
FIND THE RIGHT
ANSWERS.

“NoBODY,
TUNNELS
ARE
DUMB/Z
1 LOST MY
COAT
DOWN THERE!
WHY CAN’T
WE USE
A DOOR?

65
 RAISED INA
A DANCE HALLE

YES--
5) Quiet! MARJARIE THE
THAT IS HEAD LIBRARIAN
WHAT we \S THIS WAY.
Must HAVE/
Quiel/s

66
 PSSST-- THE HUMANS
WHAT WOULD >
— NoBodY,
BE THE POINT? WHO OWN THOSE
HAVE You BUILDINGS
EVER BEEN
DON’T EVEN
TALLTORIN? VISIT
THEY JUST
THEM,

MAKE THEM
TALLER To
MAKE EACH
QTHER
JEALOUS.

JEALOUSY IS WHEN
WE FEEL ANGRY
BECAUSE WE
WANT WHAT

Ss,
PLEASE WAIT
HERE WHILE
I SUMMON
MARJARIE.

67
 WHAT QUESTION

OH-- NoBODY! To WHAT GREETINGS, DEAR MARJARIE.

bo I OWE THE, 2 | WE HAVE A PROBLEM To SOLVE
y PLEASURE
FRIENDLY TOWN./ OH MY!
VVE NEVER BEEN THERE,
THOUGH MY AUNT
HAS LIVED
BENEATH IL

WELCOME,
COLLEAGUES!
MY COLLEAGUES SPARE ME
WILL EXPLAIN.

68
 ea Aas / FRIENDLY TOWN 1S a
RIGHT NEXT To
AND
THE WIND
MADE
FRIENDLYTOWN

MS. MYRTLE THE ICE CREAM

LADY WON'T LET ANYONE IN.

OH DEAR! THAT’s
BAD. 1 HEAR SHE’S
QUITE FRIENDLY,

WILL DO.

NoBODY, WOULD You

SAY THAT WE’VE
GATHERED ALL THE
RELEVANT FACTS?

69
 NoBODY, WHAT'S GOPHERS FIND
MARJARIE
SHE DOING? \$ THEIR BEST THOUGHTS
THIN KING. IN DREAMS.
BUT SHE’S
ASLEEP.

VvE GOT IT/ WE ARE GOING LET ME SEE,

F HISTORY/ VET ME SEE
VLL NEED
LAURA
\N fk
ANTIQUITIES.

70
LAURA DEAR, YES, MARJARIE ?
MARJARIE AND GLOVES, LAURA,
BURROW SIX,
SHELF FIFTY,
ROW THREE,
BOOK EIGHTY /J}

IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS

THE PAST WILL TELL US
MUCH ABOUT THE PRESENT.

yf _UR Books
REMEMBER WHAT
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN.

71
 AND THE GLOVES -- OUR VERY
CAREFUL, CAREFUL, OLDEST
THANK YOU, DEAR...

j EVERY ANIMAL
KNOWS THAT THE
TINIEST OF THINGS
CAN CAUSE BIG
THINGS TO

Lid WINDS

/ ; i
LET'S SEE: SEASONAL
..
SiROCCOS, STIFLED SNEEZES:

lee.
 CEP ERES

(WHAT ARE STREAKS? ) | |2STREAKS ARE THE MOST ANCIENT CREATURES

2
OF THE SKIES. THEY ARE TINY,
BUT
IN LARGE NUMBERS THEY TURN THE
: AN WATER AND AIR INTO CLOUDS.
EXCELLENT Ze
QUESTION. £

EVERY CLOUD You’vVE

EVER SEEN WAS
FORMED BY STREAKS.

BUT HISTORY SHOWS US THAT CERTAIN

m@ C\RCUMSTANCES CAN TURN A NORMAL
STREAKS ARE STREAK INTO A ASEAN STREAK.
GOOD - es eae
NATURED a
IN THE
EXTREME...

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 ONCE BEFORE AND LONG AGO,
VILLAGE HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS
BUILT ITSELF EVEN HIGHER,TO THAT LOOKS
is ~ MAKE ANOTHER
LIKE
me \ VILLAGE JEALOUS.
TALLTOWN

‘AND WHAT,DO
You SUPPOSE,
HAPPENED
STOPPED
FORMING,
AND
EVERY ONE
\N THE
LOWER
NILLAGE
TURNED
MEA Nig

WHEN THE HIGH, HIGH VILLAGE BLOCKED THE

WINDS’ NORMAL PATH, CERTAIN CREATURES
GOT CAUGHT VP IN THE DIZZY WINDS.

74
 YES, AND THE \ THE DIZZY WINDS PUSHED THE STREAKS
STREAKS BECAME Hh DOWN FROM THE HIGH AIRS TO THE Low,
TOO. DIZZ2¥ OVER TO THE VILLAGE NEARBY.
To MAKE
CLOUDS.

BUT
THATS NOT
ALL... o\. ee Ma

AS THE VILLAGERS SNEEZED AND

COUGHED FROM THE WINDS, THEY ACCIDENTALLY
INHALED THE CLOUD-MAKING STREAKS.

TRAPPED INSIDE THE VILLAGERS’ S

een THE TERM
HEADS, THE STREAKS PANICKED!
THEY FLUTTERED ABOUT, MAKING “MEAN STREAK"
THE PEOPLE IRRITATED AND MEAN, 1S AN ANCIENT

ONLY To GET MEANER ONE, BUT NOT

AT ALL TRUE.
BY THE DAY/ .
2 “2 were a
‘3 et E

7 STREAKS ARE VERY FRIENDS, THIS 1S THE ONLY

CHEERFUL UNTIL HISTORICAL RECORD OF
THEY ARE TRAPPED : MEAN STREAKS--
AND ALONE. UNTIL TODAY!
Y

US
 GABBY, THE
STREAKS GOT

THE POOR
STREAKS! THE
pooR PEOPLES

NoT To WORRY, FRIENDS \

THE ANCIENT VILLAGE
WAS CURED- WE’LL
D> FIND out How BY
SIMPLY TURNING
TO THE
SOLUTIONS
PAGE

SHIFT AND..-tS A STRESS

EATER. WEEN EVER HE GETS

76
WE CHEWED RIGHT THROUGH
OUR SOLUTION //44 ARE THERE 747
MARJARIE, | CANNOT READ ei EE
THIS ANCIENT LANGUAGE,
BuT | BELIEVE
THERE ARE (43
SOME WORDS
REMAINING.

WTRUE WORDS"™.- THAT 1S ALL,

and "SMILES." (M AFRAID.
SS

THANK You,
MARJARIES WE’RE GOING
To SAVE
ERIENDLY TOWN!

a
 awe SAME : DO NOT FRET,
“NoBODY, WAY WE CAME ? JA COLLEAGUES.
\S THIS.

THE SCENT OF
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
HAS NEVER LED
ME ASTRAY...

IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT
WE HAVE
ARRIVED
AT THE
OTHER SIDE
OF TOWN.

78
GRAB MY SHELL, COLLEAGUES, AND
MY--| SEEM TO HAVE
MY SHOES WILL SOON SEND uS
LOST ONE OF MY
SOARING.
BUTTONS ... IN
THE TUNNEL,
PERHAPS.

No BODY, WE HAVE
TO GET To
FRIENDLYTOWN/

HELLO
AGAIN,
RALPH.

THANK SORRY, KIDS, BUT

FOR 1‘M PEDALLING AS
THE RIDE
MAR. RALPH. rT. FAST AS | CANS

WS)
WHY DO You WANT To GOTO 86: THEY'RE JUST NS
FRIENDLY TOWN, ANYWAY.? y GETTING MEANER..-

AND THOSE SQUIRRELS

1 SHAKE JUST THINKING
2 ABOUT THEMS

UNLESS YOU KNOW

WHAT YOURE GOING
dO DO, PD STAY
AWAY FROM THERE. ug

80
 "mM SORRY,
EVERYONE,
BUT THIS 1S
AS FAR AS
VLL GO.

THOSE
SQUIRRELS..

"KIND WORDS,
TRUE WORDS,
AND SMILES,"

How DO You , 7 AND WHAT

FEEL WHEN fam { DOES YouR FACE
GABBY CALLS d >» <4 | ae DO WHEN You
you ue 4 Rod | YC ARE HAPPY?/
GRE rt , ¢
ADVENTURER'?

of
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 WoULD YoU SAY THAT
KIND AND TRUE
WORDS CAN MAKE
OTHERS SMILE?

~
nelS BRE
AN OPEN
WINDOW. ,

WE WILL TELL OTHERS THEY WILL / THE STREAKS

WHAT WE TRULY SMILE, AND THE WILL GO BACK To
LIKE ABOUT THEM... STREAKS INSIDE CLOUD-MAKING, AND
THEM WILL FRIENDLY TOWN
ESCARES WILL BE

FRIENDLY |
AGAIN.

82
Wow! DID You NO, THE LIBRARIAN
FIGURE THAT oy HELPED US.
OUT ALL BY | i!
YOURSELVES?

83
 HELLO, STANLEY. §
How LONG HAS
\T BEEN? THATS ENOVGH
OUTTA YOU,
NoBoby/

HE’S OUR FRIEND

AND YOU’RE IN
BIG TRovBle!

OH YEAH ?/ You’RE NOT

Goin’? ANYWHERE, Toots!

84
 WHY, STANLEY, tS
YEAH, AND ¥
THAT YouR NEST? /
VM GONNA
DROP You
FROM \T
LIKE A
JAR OF
PEAS.

GET OUT OF OUR WAY//

HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD You VVE WATCHED

WHAT A SKILLED You. YOUR
CLIMBER You ARE? TECHNIQUE US
FLAWLESS. NOT
ONE WASTED
MOVEMENT.

YEAH, WELL
I PRACTICE
Be VOT sxe oy

85
 mM SiMPLY ae: Cres.
ALL THAT HARD WORK ) >
4 | |@gg@® \ STATING A THANKS,
uAS PAID OFF FACT. NoBODY.
ai:

Y wow! NoBODY SAID

SOMETHING NICE--

AND A STREAK \
FLEW OUT OF

86
 WE FREED x y
YES, AND THERE ARE
A STREAK. ne MANY MORE TO FREE...

No BoDY--I- IM SORRY /\S WE GIVING YoU TROUBLE, STANLEY 2

~ \ | SA\D THOSE THINGS. WE'LL DROP HIM LIKE a JAR oF PEAS/

RITA, HOLD Your ALLOW ME,

FIRES OLD FRIEND. J, THAT YOU ALL
KNITTED
YOUR OWN
SWEATER

87
 1 AM
NO STRANGER
TO KNITTING,
AND THAT
\S SOME oF
THE FINEST
WORK
WE SEEN.

MY GRANDPA USED TO
TALK ABOUT STREAKS.
WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT
GOT INTo

88
 “AND
THEY’RE
\N SIDE
EVERY BoDY
HERE S47
 JUST TELL THEM WHAT 0 a
NoBODY, HOW Hs
CAN WE HELP? YOU LIKE ABOUT THEM:
a LET'S GO:
You HEAR D

/Come ALONG, Yai

COLLEAGUES Jj

90
THERE’S Too \ WHAT IF... YOU WILL FIND ME,
MANY MEAN \ WILL FIND YOu, AND
io~ WE WILL FIND
——. GOOD THINGS
ZC TO SAY ABOUT
ZSf
+4EVERYONE

NoBODY--
ZA WERE1S
GABBY
GOING
ALL ALONE?

oil
 ANp You ARE
ALL BORING,
7 MS.MYRTLE,
youn KE ERENT

MS.MYRTLE, | LOVE To
COME HERE FOR YouR
(CE CREAM
AND YOUR
EYELASHES.

92
 AND YOUR \
BLINK THEY HA
LOOK LIKE
pe
LIKE THE
BLACKBIRDS
‘ |
F YING. CLOUDS
AT
DINNERTIME.

YES, MS.MYRTLE. WHEN )

THINK MY 1 LOOK AT IT 1 AM
HAIR'S A HAPPY.
CLOUD,EH?

93
SUPPOSE
THERE'S
NO HARM
(N--.

\S THAT NEVER \
A STREAKZ BETTER

How DO 1
DO WHAT You
WWST DID?

94
 PxIST TELL
THEM WHAT
YOU LIKE
ABOUT
THEM!

LOOK LIKE
CHEESE,
You PUNK,/

WIG LOOKS
LIKE A BoAT!

LEOPOLD, YOUR WIG LOOKS AND LANIE, I

MORE LIKE aeYACHT THAN A \ HEAR You’RE
VERY GOOD

Le
y oo 8

(
qe at
SS)
C’MON, KIDS! I KNOW THESE FINE FOLKS, AND
WE’LL TELL EM WHAT THEY NEED To HEARS
YOUR KIDS
LOVE
You7/
\>

Vi
98
 my VINTAGE
Tay
NOW!

QOD: FOR-NOTHING« © STAY OUT OF THE

ALL PIT
6? APE rinT € OR ILL CALL
WOOLIGA NSS Lo THE ARMY

39
 WE HATE
YOUR
STORE!

YYou'RE Tue *
WEIRDEST
GROWN-UP
EVERZ

ToYS ARE
FOR LOSERSZ

100
 { PURCHASED
To SAY THAT, THIS SLIDE WHISTLE
IN ALL MY HERE SOME
TRAVELS, IVE TWENTY-FIVE THATS our \@Gx
NEVER SEEN A YEARS AGo. ROSEWOOD &
MORE EXQUISITE MODEL
TOY STORE.

101
 HEY-- | REMEMBER YOu/ WHAT'S WRONG
You CAME IN HERE WHEN WITH EVERYBODY?
\ WAS A K\D... 1 WAS THEY’VE BEEN
WELPING OUT MY MoM LIKE FAMILY
THAT DAY... To us, BuT
THEY'RE ACTING
LIKE
STRANGERS
Now.

TELL THEM
WHAT You LIKE
ABouT THEM.
ALWAYS DONE,
MR. TOOTHY.
 PLEASE WEAR
WELCOME BACK, ALLow TEND To
\ FRIENDLY ToWwW. MR. HIS
TOOTHY
DEAREST
A FEW CUSTOMERS.
MOMENTS...

103
 SORRY, MR. TOOTHY! \seg gf GOOD To HAVE
WE’LL CLEAN UP / a YOU BACK, KIDS.
THE STORE.

NoBoby-- WE DID IT/ YALL THE STREAKS ARE

REE AND EVERYONE
\S NICE AGAINS
a Fa i
* 4

THERE'S STIG A ... AND THE OTHERS

STREAK MISSING... WONT MAKE A NEW

104
 Pa
THAT'S OKAY, NoBoDY/ \T HAS To BE
WE'LL FIND THE INSIDE SOMEBODY HERE--
STREAK/ RIGHT, GRETA?

105
“ARE You A f YES, MA'AM. SHE SHE CALLED
CALLED ME AN US ANCHOVIES,
FRIEND FRoM 1 ANCHOVY So |
SCHOOL? GLUED A Too. SHE
HORSE To

106
 Ly

SHE wAS \eppeaim | | /...WHEN ALL OF A -» AND WE HAVEN’T

STAYING me | «|SUDDEN THEY STARTED GOTTEN ANY SLEEP

WITH MY. -) 1 | FIGHTING. MY SISTER
SISTER W/o al | SENT HER HOME AND...
F RIENDLY-
TOWN...

UGLY, UGLY, Ne
UGLY! THATS
THREE MORE/

\ SAW YOU CATCH A

FLY WITH ONE. HAND.
THAT WAS GREAT.
WILL You

107
 GRETA! GABBY/
WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME
NEXT WEDNESDAY?

Look! THEY'RE
MAKING CLOUDS

108
BUT No et THE STREAKS \ 1S 0ST AS
OVER TALLTOWN. HAVE LEARNED WELL. THEY
ITS WINDS ARE ma TO AVOID | ee WILL FIND |
Too DIzzy me \ PLACE.
THAT f BR \ NO FRIENDS ! |)
Site

HELLO, AGAIN,
MR. TRILLBus.

THEY
| AM GOING
EAID
BACK TO
FRIENDLY TOWN ‘ss >» THEY

abe WANT
MY
PRUNES

109
 MR. TRILLBUS, YOUR HAT
LOOKS LIKE A REAL PRUNE,
Not A FAKE PRUNE.

You ARE KIND.

THANK YOU:

™
all

YCAN GRETA AND OF Course!

“MAMA! PAPA! Ima
NoBoDY STAY WE MADE
GREAT ADVENTURER, DINNER? i\ ENOUGH FOR
FOR
 > Qa Ww re < oc y , DINNER S
w > luoe > fe} FA w

AND THIS
is My
LIBRARY.

TL
 \.-. WEEE NEVER-.,
DROP YOUR PEAS IW ---

{SUCH BEAUTIFUL
CLOUDS TODAY.

BUT WHEN
TOGETHER...

wacthex OO

BEAUTIFUL
THINGS.

ea
PARENTS
ARE STILL
SLEEPING
COME IN
THROUGH
THE
KITCHEN.

YOU WERE NICE

To CLEAN UP
 I AM TIRED,
GRETA GRUMP.
(00D NIGHT.

WILL YOU
STAY FOR

von 8 AND ALL THE | / AND YES, We WILL

AND bate Sa } DINNERS FX RETURN THE SHOES
mavels NEXT WEEK? \ To MY NIECES...

114
 UVE SEEN MY MOM AND DAD
{ SAY NICE THINGS To MEAN |
PEOPLE,BUT NO STREAKS COME OUT. jf

THERE ARE THEY MAY FEEL

MANY WAYS ALONE OR SAD,
TO BE MS UNLOVED oR
MEAN, | Gee SCARED,
BUT ONLY ASS! B OR THAT
A FEW ( No ONE
REASONS.-. UNDERSTANDS
THEM.

ANOTHER »
EACH \N
OUR OWN

ALANS)
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BALTIMORE COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cathy Malka *E COU
Sapulidt fiction and social satire 2? —NPR
5

Greta is a handful. She rips the heads off her dolls, lashes out at the other
kids at her school, and tries her weary parents’ patience. But with the help
of a dapper tortoise named NoBody, Greta softens her grumpy ways. Having
learned her lesson, Greta must now team up with her new friend Gabby and
their shelled companion to solve a strange mystery: Why have the kindhearted
denizens of Friendlytown suddenly become so mean? And what can they do ~
to make Friendlytown friendly again?

In NoBody Likes You, Greta Grump Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Cathy

‘Malkasian conjures a fully-realized fantasy world cast with an array of clonal:
characters including tech whiz cats, ornery gopher librarians,.and gangs Shee
squirrels in matching sweater vests. Equal parts high-flying adventure and 3
deeply felt allegory, this middle grade graphic novel is all heart. eee