@graphicmemoir.bsky.social
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:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
Full write-up here:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
Full write-up here:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...
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
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
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...
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...
📚 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”
📖 @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...
📢 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...
📖 New on Substack: My interview with Omri Rose about Echoes of October — a graphic novel on the Middle East conflict told through the eyes of four children. A story that reframes October 7th through empathy, not politics. substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📖 New on Substack: My interview with Omri Rose about Echoes of October — a graphic novel on the Middle East conflict told through the eyes of four children. A story that reframes October 7th through empathy, not politics. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Just back from visiting the Hoover Dam—an awe-inspiring mix of engineering and Art Deco beauty. It feels like a story that deserves its own graphic novel, capturing both the human struggle and vision behind it. Aimee de Jongh’s Days of Sand shows exactly how powerful that could be
August 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Just back from visiting the Hoover Dam—an awe-inspiring mix of engineering and Art Deco beauty. It feels like a story that deserves its own graphic novel, capturing both the human struggle and vision behind it. Aimee de Jongh’s Days of Sand shows exactly how powerful that could be
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.
August 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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.
✨ Exhibition visit! ✨
Stopped by The Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project at the La Jolla Historical Society while in San Diego. Comics, culture, and community all in one space. Blog coming soon… 📚🎨✍️
#ComicsExhibition #Kumeyaay #SanDiego #VisualStorytelling
Stopped by The Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project at the La Jolla Historical Society while in San Diego. Comics, culture, and community all in one space. Blog coming soon… 📚🎨✍️
#ComicsExhibition #Kumeyaay #SanDiego #VisualStorytelling
August 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
✨ Exhibition visit! ✨
Stopped by The Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project at the La Jolla Historical Society while in San Diego. Comics, culture, and community all in one space. Blog coming soon… 📚🎨✍️
#ComicsExhibition #Kumeyaay #SanDiego #VisualStorytelling
Stopped by The Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project at the La Jolla Historical Society while in San Diego. Comics, culture, and community all in one space. Blog coming soon… 📚🎨✍️
#ComicsExhibition #Kumeyaay #SanDiego #VisualStorytelling
Last month, I attended an exhibition in Wiesbaden featuring WWII-themed graphic novels by German artists. I was especially intrigued by @hannahbrinkmann.bsky.social moving work. @avant-verlag.bsky.social Read my interview:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-and-p...
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-and-p...
August 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last month, I attended an exhibition in Wiesbaden featuring WWII-themed graphic novels by German artists. I was especially intrigued by @hannahbrinkmann.bsky.social moving work. @avant-verlag.bsky.social Read my interview:
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-and-p...
jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/wwii-and-p...
Couldn’t resist — finally got my hands on the Chris Ware commemorative stamps for 250 years of the USPS. Leave it to Ware to make even postal history feel like a graphic novel panel. 📬📮
#ChrisWare #USPS250 #ComicsArt #GraphicNovels #StampCollecting
#ChrisWare #USPS250 #ComicsArt #GraphicNovels #StampCollecting
August 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Couldn’t resist — finally got my hands on the Chris Ware commemorative stamps for 250 years of the USPS. Leave it to Ware to make even postal history feel like a graphic novel panel. 📬📮
#ChrisWare #USPS250 #ComicsArt #GraphicNovels #StampCollecting
#ChrisWare #USPS250 #ComicsArt #GraphicNovels #StampCollecting
Drawn & Quarterly’s stunning new yellow edition of Moomin is pure joy on the bookshelf. 🌼
Celebrating 80 years of Tove Jansson’s beloved creation.
📖 Full post here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/celebratin...
Celebrating 80 years of Tove Jansson’s beloved creation.
📖 Full post here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/celebratin...
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Drawn & Quarterly’s stunning new yellow edition of Moomin is pure joy on the bookshelf. 🌼
Celebrating 80 years of Tove Jansson’s beloved creation.
📖 Full post here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/celebratin...
Celebrating 80 years of Tove Jansson’s beloved creation.
📖 Full post here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/celebratin...
Last week, I attended the 80 Years of Moomin superfan panel, chaired by Lisa Allardice, with Paul Gravett, Akiya Henry, Cariad Lloyd & Philip Ardagh. As a comics fan new to the Moomins, I was captivated! 🐻✨ Read more: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/celebratin...
August 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Last week, I attended the 80 Years of Moomin superfan panel, chaired by Lisa Allardice, with Paul Gravett, Akiya Henry, Cariad Lloyd & Philip Ardagh. As a comics fan new to the Moomins, I was captivated! 🐻✨ Read more: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/celebratin...