Fruit Salad - Paperback

by Cathon (Author), Robin Lang (Translator), Helge Dascher (Translator)

A delicious collection of slice-of-life comics that's sure to delight!

Experience cartoonist Cathon's hectic trials and tribulations through the short comics in this juicy collection. Whether we find her slurping down a piña colada at her fave tiki bar, meeting oddball fans at a comic book festival, road-tripping with her pals, or simply strolling the streets of Montreal, Cathon always manages to find the sublime in everyday life. Mix in some wild flights of fantasy, a splash of adorable childhood memories, and the occasional good cry, and you've got the recipe for a laugh-out-loud book that will make you feel like you're hanging out with your newest, funniest friend!

Fans of Kate Beaton, Lisa Hanawalt, Gemma Correll, and Lynda Barry will devour Cathon's Fruit Salad!

Author Biography

Cathon has been making waves both as a cartoonist and an illustrator, creating comics for children and grown-ups alike. Her graphic novels include The Pineapples of Wrath, The Adventures of Sgoobidoo, and Vampire Cousins, created with Alexandre Fontaine-Rousseau, and the children's book series Poppy and Sam. She is also the co-creator (with Iris) of The Great List of Everything which was adapted into an animated series by the National Film Board. She is currently based in Montreal.

Robin Lang has been translating graphic novels for Pow Pow Press alongside Helge Dascher since 2017. Recently she was lead translator on Fruit Salad and The Adventures of Sgoobidoo by Cathon, and Lonely Boys by Sophie Bédard, winner of the 2021 Doug Wright award for best book. Robin was the winner, along with Helge Dascher, of the 2025 Sophie Castille Award for their translation of The Jellyfish by Boum. Other works she has co-translated include The Pineapples of Wrath by Cathon and the Almost Summer series by Sophie Bédard. Robin runs a cut-flower farm in the Eastern Townships during the growing season and translates from French to English in the winter. She thoroughly enjoys the intricacies involved in translating graphic novels and draws great satisfaction from helping these stories reach new readers.

Helge Dascher has for 25 years translated texts with a dynamic relationship to images. A background in art history and literature has grounded her translation of over sixty graphic novels, many by artists who have broadened the medium's storytelling range. Her translations included acclaimed titles such as Julie Delporte's This Woman's Work (co-translated with Aleshia Jensen, Drawn and Quarterly, 2019), Sophie Bédard's Lonely Boys (co-translated with Robin Lang, Pow Pow Press, 2020) and Michel Rabagliati's "Paul" books (Drawn and Quarterly, Conundrum). Helge was the winner, along with Robin Lang, of the 2025 Sophie Castille Award for their translation ofThe Jellyfish by Boum. She also translates exhibitions, digital stories, and films, most recently Theodor Ushev's The Physics of Sorrow (with Karen Houle, NFB, 2019). A Montrealer, she works from French and German to English.