Fine Art to Comics: Mia Wolff The Brooklyn artist discusses Bread & Wine, The Empty Lot, Lost and Found, and her work with Fantagraphics

My conversation with Brooklyn artist Mia Wolff on her Fantagraphics books Bread & Wine, The Empty Lot, and Lost and Found.

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Jordan Mechner’s graphic memoir Replay spans WWI and WWII — an intergenerational family story from Austria to the US and back to Montpellier. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jordan-mec...

Interview with @katrionachapman.bsky.social From Breakwater to The Pass, we discuss her move from memoir into fiction, her cinematic storytelling, and the journey from @averyhill.bsky.social to @fantagraphics.bsky.social

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Interview with @katrionachapman.bsky.social From Breakwater to The Pass, we discuss her move from memoir into fiction, her cinematic storytelling, and the journey from @averyhill.bsky.social to @fantagraphics.bsky.social

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Barbara Yelin, WWII, and Graphic Memoir How Irmina redefined historical storytelling, and how Emmie Arbel’s testimony is drawn

I had a fascinating conversation with Barbara Yelin about her landmark WWII graphic novel Irmina and her graphic memoir on Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel, Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory, now in English. @selfmadehero.bsky.social

Interview here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/barbara-ye...

Barcelona & the Comics of Paco Roca Exploring exhibitions of Spanish artists and the city’s vibrant comics shops

Barcelona, Paco Roca, and Spanish comics — from museum exhibitions to local comics shops. Original art, graphic memoir, and discoveries along the way.

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Andrew Squire’s All Things Connect is a moving Scottish graphic memoir about love, care, and his wife Ise’s battle with MND. I spoke with him about grief, drawing, and publishing with Mensch: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-scottish...

Graphic Memoir of a WWII Refugee Grandmother: Southern Africa to Germany How UK debut author Astrid Goldsmith tells a Jewish WWII refugee story through comics

Delighted to catch up with Astrid Goldsmith about her debut graphic memoir The Crystal Vase (Jonathan Cape), inspired by her Jewish grandmother’s WWII refugee story. Named Guardian Graphic Novel of the Month.
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Paris, Hiroshima, Barefoot Gen From the Guimet Museum to Huberty & Breyne: the exhibitions that defined the start of my comics year

Finally read Barefoot Gen, prompted by the manga exhibition at the Guimet in Paris. A devastating and essential WWII graphic novel that spends far more time on life before Hiroshima than on the bomb itself. First post of 2026 here:
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Great meeting Ian Marsden — and hearing his incredible story about getting handwritten feedback from Robert Crumb.
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Episode 667 of The Virtual Memories Show is out 🎙️
I finally met Gil Roth in person last month and had a great conversation about comics, graphic novels, and more.
Give it a listen:
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A quick Oslo trip, a visit to the Munch Museum, and Steffen Kverneland’s Munch made it all come alive.
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New Substack post: WWII Holocaust Graphic Novels and a Journey Through Poland.
How works by Modan, Kubert, Morvan & Mater, and Croci shaped my visit to Warsaw, Kraków, and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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I met with cartoonist & musician Carol Isaacs in London to discuss The Wolf of Baghdad, her graphic memoir about the near-erasure of Baghdad’s Jewish community.
She spoke about reconstructing a city she never had the chance to know.

Full piece: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-me...

A memorable talk with Joe Sacco at the Frontline Club. This photo captures our brief exchange at the signing — after he spoke about his new India book and comics journalism.
Full write-up here:
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Rachel Cooke obituary: omnivorous food and culture journalist Writer and polymath who wrote with wit and enthusiasm about the pleasures of food and TV and celebrated history’s resilient women, dies aged 56

So sad to hear of Rachel Cooke’s death. She wrote the Guardian Graphic Novel of the Month for over a decade, and The Times noted she wrote about graphic novels “more purposefully than anyone else in mainstream media.”
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Singapore’s WWII Past Through Comics From The Bicycle to Only Connect — how artists reimagine history through the lens of graphic art.

Discovered Cheah Sinann’s The Bicycle at the Asian Comics exhibition last year.
My wife was in Singapore for the launch of Only Connect and even met Sinann — came home with signed copies.
More here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/singapores...

Drafted by Rick Parker is one of the best graphic memoirs I’ve read this year.

Honoured to interview him and to own some of his original art.

Read on ⬇️
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#RickParker #Drafted #GraphicMemoir #VietnamWar

I recently spoke with Tel Aviv–based graphic novelist Danielle Peleg about her moving contribution to The Day Everything Changed | Ten Stories from October 7th.Read our full conversation here 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/interview-...

I recently spoke with Tel Aviv–based graphic novelist Danielle Peleg about her moving contribution to The Day Everything Changed | Ten Stories from October 7th.Read our full conversation here 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/interview-...

Paco Roca’s Twists of Fate — the story of Spanish exiles who helped liberate Paris. One of the finest WWII graphic novels I’ve read. @fantagraphics.bsky.social
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#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics

Paco Roca’s Twists of Fate — the story of Spanish exiles who helped liberate Paris. One of the finest WWII graphic novels I’ve read.
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#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics

Met Eric Orner in London last month — creator of Smahtguy, the brilliant comics biography of Democrat & LGBTQ icon Barney Frank.

We talked politics, Boston, and bringing humanity to history — through comics.
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Met Eric Orner in London last month — creator of Smahtguy, the brilliant comics biography of Democrat & LGBTQ icon Barney Frank.

We talked politics, Boston, and bringing humanity to history — through comics.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner...

A Conversation with Miriam Libicki: WWII Graphic Memoirs The Canadian cartoonist discusses the art of transforming Holocaust survivor stories into comics.

I talked with Miriam Libicki about But I Live and Two Roses. Her collaboration with Barbara Yelin, Gilad Seliktar, and Charlotte Schallié gives voice to Holocaust survivors through comics.

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A Conversation with Miriam Libicki: WWII Graphic Memoirs The Canadian cartoonist discusses the art of transforming Holocaust survivor stories into comics.

I talked with Miriam Libicki about But I Live and Two Roses. Her collaboration with Barbara Yelin, Gilad Seliktar, and Charlotte Schallié gives voice to Holocaust survivors through comics.

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An Evening with Craig Thompson & Paul Gravett in London ✨
A rare and inspiring Comica conversation on art, faith, class, and the fragile beauty of comics.
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Review: Blood of the Virgin — A Great American Graphic Novel
Sammy Harkham’s magnum opus explores Jewish displacement, Hollywood dreams, and the fragile ties that bind families.

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Just read Smahtguy . Agree it is another way to engage in topics you wouldn't necessarily be drawn to

Books + comics + anthropology = A Tale of Two Surrogates. I spoke w/ Elly Teman about why graphic storytelling matters. Read here → jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-et...
#GraphicEthnography”