Award-winning novelist and poet Hiromi Goto has written her first graphic novel, illustrated by debut artist Ann Xu. Together in Shadow Life, they tell the tale of Kumiko, an elderly woman who battles the shadow ... Read More »
Old energy sources have become unsustainable. An alienated workforce agitates for systemic change. New technologies are manipulated to nefarious ends. And a world can no longer bear its own government’s kleptocracy. Science fiction is often ... Read More »
How our way of life and health are interconnected with those of our children and parents is of particular interest in this season of global pandemic. In a translation by Vancouver writer Janet Hong, Korean ... Read More »
Two new, disquieting graphic novels from a pair of Canadians who have found success on the international stage explore fears, solitude, and shortened days. Sarah Leavitt’s latest imagines and expands the possibilities suggested by a ... Read More »
December 12, 2019 | Filed under: Graphica
Two new, disquieting graphic novels from a pair of Canadians who have found success on the international stage explore fears, solitude, and shortened days. Sarah Leavitt’s latest imagines and expands the possibilities suggested by a ... Read More »
December 12, 2019 | Filed under: Graphica
Comics’ rise to respectability in recent decades has as much to do with the inherent value of the medium as the gravity of subjects that comprise its landmark works. Fun Home, Maus, Persepolis, Louis Riel: ... Read More »
Let’s talk about the 1990s; it was a time when we made zines. Today, though paper craft is alive and well (unique art items, high design), its very existence stands in contrast to all things ... Read More »
Right from its slim hardcover format – reminiscent of French-language comic albums and seldom seen in English comics – it’s clear Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee’s Death Threat is no ordinary graphic novel. Both writer ... Read More »
May 23, 2019 | Filed under: Graphica
That we are living in a golden age for graphic novels is clear. Satrapi, Telgemeier, Tagame, Beaton, and Bechdel – what other generation of readers has had access to such a variety of visual narratives? ... Read More »
May 17, 2018 | Filed under: Graphica
For many, this new graphic novel from Hartley Lin will signal the debut of a talented, thoughtful cartoonist. But connoisseurs of Canadian literary comics have already gotten to know Lin’s work over the past decade, ... Read More »
March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Graphica
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