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As I launch my Substack, I’m reposting an article that means a lot to me:
182 quotes from 67 guests on Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories Show — including Adrian Tomine, Roz Chast, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and many more.
It’s the best comics podcast that isn’t a comics podcast.
182 quotes from 67 guests on Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories Show — including Adrian Tomine, Roz Chast, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and many more.
It’s the best comics podcast that isn’t a comics podcast.
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.”
www.thetimes.com/article/42a5...
www.thetimes.com/article/42a5...
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
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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.”
www.thetimes.com/article/42a5...
www.thetimes.com/article/42a5...
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...
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...
Singapore’s WWII Past Through Comics
From The Bicycle to Only Connect — how artists reimagine history through the lens of graphic art.
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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...
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 ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/jsandler...
#RickParker #Drafted #GraphicMemoir #VietnamWar
Honoured to interview him and to own some of his original art.
Read on ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/jsandler...
#RickParker #Drafted #GraphicMemoir #VietnamWar
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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 ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/jsandler...
#RickParker #Drafted #GraphicMemoir #VietnamWar
Honoured to interview him and to own some of his original art.
Read on ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/jsandler...
#RickParker #Drafted #GraphicMemoir #VietnamWar
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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-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#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.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #Comics
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-graph...
#GraphicNovels #WWII #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...
We talked politics, Boston, and bringing humanity to history — through comics.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner...
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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...
We talked politics, Boston, and bringing humanity to history — through comics.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner...
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...
We talked politics, Boston, and bringing humanity to history — through comics.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner...
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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...
We talked politics, Boston, and bringing humanity to history — through comics.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner...
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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.
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Miriam Libicki: WWII Graphic Memoirs
The Canadian cartoonist discusses the art of transforming Holocaust survivor stories into comics.
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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.
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
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.
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Miriam Libicki: WWII Graphic Memoirs
The Canadian cartoonist discusses the art of transforming Holocaust survivor stories into comics.
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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.
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
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.
🖋️ Read the full post: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
A rare and inspiring Comica conversation on art, faith, class, and the fragile beauty of comics.
🖋️ Read the full post: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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.
🖋️ Read the full post: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
A rare and inspiring Comica conversation on art, faith, class, and the fragile beauty of comics.
🖋️ Read the full post: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
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.
Read more:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/review-blo...
Sammy Harkham’s magnum opus explores Jewish displacement, Hollywood dreams, and the fragile ties that bind families.
Read more:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/review-blo...
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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.
Read more:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/review-blo...
Sammy Harkham’s magnum opus explores Jewish displacement, Hollywood dreams, and the fragile ties that bind families.
Read more:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/review-blo...
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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”
#GraphicEthnography”
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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”
#GraphicEthnography”
📚 Sneak peek: I’ve got four remarkable graphic novels lined up for upcoming posts— ✨ Twists of Fate by Paco Roca ✨ Fatherland by Nina Bunjevac ✨ Smahtguy by Eric Orner ✨ Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham
September 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📚 Sneak peek: I’ve got four remarkable graphic novels lined up for upcoming posts— ✨ Twists of Fate by Paco Roca ✨ Fatherland by Nina Bunjevac ✨ Smahtguy by Eric Orner ✨ Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham
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”
#GraphicEthnography”
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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”
#GraphicEthnography”
Met L.A. cartoonist Graham Chaffee at the Skirball during the Jack Kirby exhibition.
His new book Light It, Shoot It - a noir steeped in 1970s LA a time capsule of grit, crime, & Hollywood atmosphere.
Blog here: 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-no...
#comics #graphicnovel #noir
His new book Light It, Shoot It - a noir steeped in 1970s LA a time capsule of grit, crime, & Hollywood atmosphere.
Blog here: 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-no...
#comics #graphicnovel #noir
Graphic Novelist Interviewer: A Conversation with Graham Chaffee
Exploring crime, grit, and 1970s Los Angeles in Light It, Shoot It
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Met L.A. cartoonist Graham Chaffee at the Skirball during the Jack Kirby exhibition.
His new book Light It, Shoot It - a noir steeped in 1970s LA a time capsule of grit, crime, & Hollywood atmosphere.
Blog here: 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-no...
#comics #graphicnovel #noir
His new book Light It, Shoot It - a noir steeped in 1970s LA a time capsule of grit, crime, & Hollywood atmosphere.
Blog here: 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-no...
#comics #graphicnovel #noir
📖 @hayleygullen.com graphic memoir This Might Surprise You launched last night 🟠
🎤 Honest + funny talk
💔 Tribute to her late father
🏛️ Held at Barts Pathology Museum (4,000+ specimens!)
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-me...
🎤 Honest + funny talk
💔 Tribute to her late father
🏛️ Held at Barts Pathology Museum (4,000+ specimens!)
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-me...
September 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📖 @hayleygullen.com graphic memoir This Might Surprise You launched last night 🟠
🎤 Honest + funny talk
💔 Tribute to her late father
🏛️ Held at Barts Pathology Museum (4,000+ specimens!)
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-me...
🎤 Honest + funny talk
💔 Tribute to her late father
🏛️ Held at Barts Pathology Museum (4,000+ specimens!)
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-me...
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📢 CRAIG THOMPSON in London!
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
September 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📢 CRAIG THOMPSON in London!
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
📢 CRAIG THOMPSON in London!
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
September 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📢 CRAIG THOMPSON in London!
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
Join Paul Gravett in conversation with the acclaimed creator of Blankets, Habibi & Ginseng Roots.
📅 Sept 30, 7pm | Century Club, Soho
🎟️ Tickets: centuryclub.co.uk/illustrated-...
Posted a new review: Jesse Mechanic’s The Last Time We Spoke is a moving illustrated memoir about losing his mother at 49. @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social @jessemechanic.bsky.social
Full review here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/the-last-t...
Full review here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/the-last-t...
September 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Posted a new review: Jesse Mechanic’s The Last Time We Spoke is a moving illustrated memoir about losing his mother at 49. @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social @jessemechanic.bsky.social
Full review here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/the-last-t...
Full review here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/the-last-t...
🚨 British graphic novelist Tim Bird has been nominated for an Ignatz Award! @averyhill.bsky.social @tim-bird.bsky.social
I reviewed his Adrift on a Painted Sea and his zines — reflections on memory, family & everyday beauty.
Read more 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/british-gr...
I reviewed his Adrift on a Painted Sea and his zines — reflections on memory, family & everyday beauty.
Read more 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/british-gr...
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨 British graphic novelist Tim Bird has been nominated for an Ignatz Award! @averyhill.bsky.social @tim-bird.bsky.social
I reviewed his Adrift on a Painted Sea and his zines — reflections on memory, family & everyday beauty.
Read more 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/british-gr...
I reviewed his Adrift on a Painted Sea and his zines — reflections on memory, family & everyday beauty.
Read more 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/british-gr...
Delighted to meet and interview Anna Olswanger on creating the graphic novel A Visit to Moscow and its Eisner nomination.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/interview-...
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/interview-...
September 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Delighted to meet and interview Anna Olswanger on creating the graphic novel A Visit to Moscow and its Eisner nomination.
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/interview-...
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/interview-...
The Harvey Awards are next weekend 🎭📚 Jason Lutes’s Berlin is nominated for Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel. @dandq.bsky.social
My new post looks at how graphic novels have found a life on stage:
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-berli...
My new post looks at how graphic novels have found a life on stage:
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-berli...
September 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Harvey Awards are next weekend 🎭📚 Jason Lutes’s Berlin is nominated for Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel. @dandq.bsky.social
My new post looks at how graphic novels have found a life on stage:
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-berli...
My new post looks at how graphic novels have found a life on stage:
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-berli...
🦸♂️🎨🇺🇸 Jack Kirby Exhibition in LA!
From Captain America to shaping 🌌👑 modern mythology at Marvel & DC — the Skirball’s exhibition shows the soldier ➡️ superhero visionary like never before.
📍 Los Angeles | 🖼️ Skirball Cultural Center
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jack-kirby...
From Captain America to shaping 🌌👑 modern mythology at Marvel & DC — the Skirball’s exhibition shows the soldier ➡️ superhero visionary like never before.
📍 Los Angeles | 🖼️ Skirball Cultural Center
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jack-kirby...
September 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🦸♂️🎨🇺🇸 Jack Kirby Exhibition in LA!
From Captain America to shaping 🌌👑 modern mythology at Marvel & DC — the Skirball’s exhibition shows the soldier ➡️ superhero visionary like never before.
📍 Los Angeles | 🖼️ Skirball Cultural Center
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jack-kirby...
From Captain America to shaping 🌌👑 modern mythology at Marvel & DC — the Skirball’s exhibition shows the soldier ➡️ superhero visionary like never before.
📍 Los Angeles | 🖼️ Skirball Cultural Center
👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jack-kirby...