Sarah Leavitt is the author of the graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My mother, and Me, which was a finalist for the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize in 2010 and is currently in development as a feature-length animation. Leavitt teaches comics classes at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Visit her at sarahleavitt.com.
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To the Moomins! (And Beyond)
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Old Women Cry at Weddings
Eve Corbel on marriage and what comes after the wedding: the monster mortgage, the dreary housework, the contemptuous in-laws and more.
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Nicola Winstanley
Wall Spirits
Nicola Winstanley's comic on hearing spirits in the walls at a foster when she was young.