Lately, I’ve been thinking that to some degree, especially in the Graphic Memoir / Medicine genre, we are seeing our storytelling return to the function of Rite and Ritual. (Note, I’m accidentally using rites and rituals a little interchangeably, though as I understand it, technically a ritual exists within the larger rite.)

We review Lili Sohn’s translated Vagina Love: An Owners Manual, yours to read in English through Street Noise Books in February 2022.

So, I'm doing a memoir comic. Yeah, it's got an anthropomorphic bear and a Gumby-looking guy and the stories aren't 100% "true" but it's a memoir nonetheless..

That is part of the reason I decided to fly home to New Hampshire for a weekend this fall…

We all have different set-ups, different positions we like to be in when we draw, different places we like to work. Whatever your way of working, if you’re having BACK-PAINS, WRIST PAIN, NECK PAIN, or more, check out this great read!

You Know You're a Graphic Memoirist When... What do you have to say? Check out this exclusive post from one of our ongoing Online Intensive programs: SAW’s Graphic Memoir Intensive (led by Instructors Tom Hart and Beth Trembley)!

The Art of the Graphic Memoir - is out NOW

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When I finished Rosalie's book, I still had a lot of processing to do. I wanted to further understand what I had went through. I looked at the books that had inspired me, and I asked what made them great, useful, inspiring.

Justine Mara Andersen re-launches MARA and discusses page 1. Justine has been busy prepping her files and pages to discuss with her students. This is a glimpse of a 32-page comic in progress, with valuable insights Justine is offering into the creative decision-making process on each page.

I've been realizing lately why we tell our stories. It's to take our narrative for ourselves. And especially, to find continuity in our lives.