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pantheonbooks · 2 months

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“I feel like they want a kinder, gentler Holocaust to present.” —Art Spiegelman

Two years ago, the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee banned the first—and only—Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel from their 8th grade curriculum: Art Spiegelman's Maus.

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lucybellwood · 2 months

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Remember when I used to do events? Me neither.

BUT I'M DOING ONE NOW!

I'll be at Bart's Books in Ojai, CA next Thursday, March 21st at 6pm to interview my genius bike-touring, adventure-having, genre-bending cartoonist friend Tessa Hulls about her new graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts. The book explores three generations of her family's tumultuous history from Maoist China to America and beyond. It's rich and cathartic and unbelievably gorgeous. Tessa's spent the last nine years bringing it to life. You can read more about it in the San Francisco Chronicle or the New York Times.

Given the lengthy isolation and emotional toll required to craft a book like this, I'm very keen to have a packed house to help celebrate its emergence into the world. If you've never been, Bart's has a gorgeous outdoor courtyard and an absolutely amazing selection of used titles. Well worth the visit.

If you're not in Southern California and still want to get your hands on the book, you can do that! It's out! Order from Bookshop.org or request it at your local library.

#tessa hulls #feeding ghosts #lucy bellwood #event #ojai #bart's books #graphic memoir

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annasellheim · 7 hours

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therainbowfishy · 2 months

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Books read in January 2024

ALL FOURS by Miranda July

GENDER QUEER by Maia Kobabe

THE MAGNETIC GIRL by Jessica Handler

FIREBUGS by Nino Bulling

SCREEN TESTS by Kate Zambreno

THE GULF by Adam de Souza

#books #artists on tumblr #2024 #january 2024 #art #illustration #book covers #fiction #graphic novels #comics #galley brag #graphic memoir

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theorahsart · 7 months

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Hello UK friends!! I'm partaking in a panel discussion in Brighton next week for Coast Is Queer Festival and talking a bit about my book (I think haha) 💖💖 The whole festival looks like it's gonna be very interesting aahh 👀

If you want to get a ticket for the panel, I've put a link below!! 😄 I'm looking forward to this and hopefully see some of you there!!

#lgbtq #lgbtqbooks #asexual #asexual books #asexual comic #ace comics #ace authors #graphic memoir #graphic novel #lgbtq book #queer comics

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ripleylacross · 4 months

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Most people who follow me these days don't know that from 2018 to 2020 I had a webcomic.

It was a memoir following the events of my first long-distance backpacking trip with my husband. One hundred miles of the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon, from Sisters, OR to Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood.

It focused a lot on my insecurities as a new backpacker as compared to the thru-hikers we encountered on that adventure... and the difficulties present in my marriage at the time.

Honestly, the longer I worked on it the more beautiful the pages became, and the faster I got at making them! I learned so much working on this project.

Each day on that trip was formatted as a chapter in the 'story' I was telling. Thus, the longer I worked on it, the longer each day became. Chapter 1 was only 29 pages, while Chapter 2 (above) was 37.

What ended up going online was only chapter 1 and 2. I intended on completing all of chapter 3 before posting it two pages per week so I'd have ample buffer to work on subsequent chapters. But... life kind of happened and production slowed down.

And, well, I realized in the end I was airing my dirty laundry for the world to see and painting my husband in a really shitty light.

The first nine pages of chapter 3 were finished, with a few more after that flatted and inked. The whole chapter was penciled save for a handful at the very end that I at least got roughed out. I loved how this chapter was looking and reading. I got creative with panels and compositions and felt so confident in my ability to make a good graphic memoir.

It was hard for me to let it go, but as the chapter progressed and the story got into the nitty gritty of it all, it was just too much. What had started as a desire to make a comic about a dramatic backpacking trip that left me with a sprained ankle and a newfound appreciation for my body had become... one-sided couples therapy.

This is the first time a lot of these pages have ever seen the Internet.

There's "doing the work" and then there's "Doing the WORK", and that's what this comic became. Seeing my actual faults. Not just my insecurities and anxieties, but how I saw myself in relation to my own partner and how I saw him. It was thoughtless to paint him in that light for other people to see and make their own assumptions.

So, a strong note to be made now: This comic is, technically, fictitious. Characterizations were exaggerated so much that the characters I made of myself and my husband didn't resemble us anymore.

I took the whole thing off the internet when came to these uncomfortable realizations. There are far, far worse pages already drawn that will never see the light of day.

Memoirs are tricky things. They can be healing, but they can also be harmful. The people in your memories are still people, and that has to be understood throughout the entire process. No matter what kind of imagined 'redemption arc' you create in your narrative to make up for it.

Anyway, if you got this far, thanks for reading about my experience making a webcomic/graphic memoir.

#long post #image heavy #plz ignore the fact I forgot the LA in my last name for much of these pages #They had to be updated from my deadname #graphic memoir #comics #digital art #artists on tumblr #ripley lacross #artwork #digital sketch #Backpacking #Thru hiking #Pacific Crest Trail #Long distance backpacking

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mashazart · 2 months

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I made these 10 sample pages of what I've been calling "the math memoir" (and also You Will Save Yourself From Toil) for a pitch that ended up not going anywhere but I've decided I'm gonna redo them anyway so here's what I've got so far I hope it helps explain why I am the way I am

#autobio comics #autobio #math class #mathblr #graphic memoir #comics #personal work

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morgan--reads · 9 months

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Ducks - Kate Beaton

Summary: A graphic memoir of Beaton’s two years working in the Alberta oil sands to try and pay off her student loans.

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My rating: 4.5/5.0 Goodreads: 4.45/5.0

Review: A spare story, and all the more beautiful for it. Beaton doesn’t preach, instead making her points by simply showing daily life in the sands. Sexual harassment and sexual violence are at the core of that experience, but so is worker exploitation and the solidarity that emerges because of it. Beaton shows both, without sentimentality but never without sympathy. The beautiful blue-wash art is appropriate for this lonely, melancholic memoir.

To read: Beaton is most famous for her Hark! A Vagrant comic, which shares a similar art style, but is very different in tone.

#ducks #kate beaton #book review #book recommendation #graphic memoir #memoir

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phdpedestrian · 1 year

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My autoimmunity is in full swing and so is “Malady Magnet”

#comics #graphic medicine #graphic memoir #malady magnet #webcomic #chronic illness #hyperthyroidism #medical humor #medical humanities #funny but true #thyroid problems #comix

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haveyoureadthismgyabook · 3 months

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#middle grade #graphic memoir #books #sylvie #sylvie kantorovitz #poll

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pantheonbooks · 2 months

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Art Spiegelman's Maus is one of Variety's “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read”—have you?

Two extraordinary books. Sixteen pages of bonus material—including lithographs and comix—designed by the award-winning artist. One incredible box set.

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richincolor · 10 months

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In Limbo: A Graphic Memoir by Deb JJ Lee

A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home story—set between a New Jersey suburb and Seoul, South Korea.

Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee knows she's different. Ever since her family emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her Otherness. For a while, her English isn't perfect. None of her teachers can pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes—especially her eyes—stand out. As the pressures of high school ramp up, friendships change and end, and everything gets harder. Even home isn't a safe place, as fights with her mom escalate. Deb is caught in a limbo, with nowhere to go, and her mental health plummets. But Deb is resilient. She discovers art and self-care, and gradually begins to start recovering. And during a return trip to South Korea, she realizes something that changes her perspective on her family, her heritage, and herself.

This stunning debut graphic memoir features page after page of gorgeous, evocative art, perfect for Tillie Walden fans. It's a cross section of the Korean-American diaspora and mental health, a moving and powerful read in the vein of Hey, Kiddo and The Best We Could Do.

Review: I've been on a whole journey when it comes to reading graphic novels. I try my best to read a wide variety of them, particularly in the MG and YA categories. But I've found, time and time again, that my favorite graphic novels are typically memoirs, particularly memoirs that touch on topics close to my heart -- identity, race, family, and immigration. In Limbo grabbed me from the moment I laid eyes on the gorgeous cover, but it's Deb JJ Lee's heartfelt and poignant life story that really touched me.

In Limbo follow Deb through her childhood and high school years as she struggles with being othered and bullied by her peers, while experiencing a difficult home life and a fraught relationship with her mother. As someone with my own fraught relationship with my immigrant parents, this really resonated with me. In Limbo doesn't shy away from tough topics and emotionally raw depictions of Deb's life growing up. I appreciated the thoughtful, nuanced narrative that Deb has managed to weave from her own life.

The art, as you can tell from the cover, is absolutely gorgeous and does a fantastic job of working with the text to portray a story both beautiful and heartbreaking. This graphic memoir made me a fan of Deb's art, and I am so looking forward to whatever Deb chooses to illustrate or work on next.

If you're looking for a thoughtful, evocative graphic memoir that covers themes of family, race, and identity, I would definitely recommend checking out In Limbo -- In Limbo is an absolute must-read.

Recommendation: Get it now!

#in limbo #graphic novel #ya lit #graphic memoir #book recommendation

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robkirbycomics · 1 year

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