When Ms. Kim set out to design the cover of “Fresh Complaint,” a 2017 story collection by Jeffrey Eugenides, a writer she had long admired, her desire to impress him got in the way at first, she said.

Catch "The Jeweler" twice each month on INSTORE Online. The creator of "The Jeweler" comic, Tim Searfoss, is a bench jeweler at Arney Guess Goldsmith in Chattanooga, TN. In his spare time, he sells ...