https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mrrd3wz2dk25I spoke with iconic artist & @NewYorker cover illustrator Eric Drooker about Naked City, class, and staying true to your vision. "Success is something every artist has to define for themselves." Read the full interview 🎨👇 https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-drooker-on-the-new-yorker-class29 Jul 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrd3wz2dk25https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mrf3amm5ts2j📚 New interview with Kelcey Ervick on The Keeper, Field Guide to Graphic Literature, and the changing boundaries of comics and graphic memoir. @kelceyervick.bsky.social 🔗 Read here: https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/kelsey-ervick-from-prose-to-graphic24 Jul 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrf3amm5ts2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mqtawtayfc2fNEW: I spoke with Yolanta Gawlik about Henryk's Escape—a powerful WWII graphic memoir based on her father's seven-week escape from a German forced labour camp in occupied Poland. Read the interview: https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/henryks-escape-a-wwii-graphic-memoir #GraphicMemoir #WWII #Comics #History17 Jul 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtawtayfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mqcixoc2ok2e🇫🇷💬 Two outstanding comics exhibitions in Paris: one exploring Will Eisner's wartime legacy, the other bringing together more than 250 pieces of original comic art, from Tintin and Asterix to Franquin and Bushmiller. 📖 https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-eisner-to-uderzo-two-comics10 Jul 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcixoc2ok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mpsix3cgac2wI interviewed graphic novelist Andre Frattino about We Are Pan, Cuban exile, historical storytelling, and the changing nature of graphic novels. Read here: https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/andre-frattino-on-cuban-exile-and04 Jul 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsix3cgac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mp6gkunfzc2eI knew almost nothing about Latvian comics before visiting Riga. A coffee with cartoonist Jurijs Tatarkins became a fascinating introduction to Kuš! Comics, Unrest, and a small post-Soviet comics scene with global reach. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jurijs-tatarkins-and-rigas-kus-comics26 Jun 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6gkunfzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mp6gkunfzc2eI knew almost nothing about Latvian comics before visiting Riga. A coffee with cartoonist Jurijs Tatarkins became a fascinating introduction to Kuš! Comics, Unrest, and a small post-Soviet comics scene with global reach. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jurijs-tatarkins-and-rigas-kus-comics26 Jun 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6gkunfzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mowtzhfp6k2yI recently interviewed Paul Gravett about Queer as Comics at the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London. A conversation about curation, discovery, and the power of comics. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/paul-gravett-on-queer-as-comics-londons23 Jun 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowtzhfp6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mo363hrxxc2lI interviewed cartoonist & animator Alex Potts about his excellent new slice-of-life graphic novel Was That Normal? We discuss zines, @averyhill.bsky.social , working from home, modern isolation, animation, and the 3-year process behind the book. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/alex-potts-on-was-that-normal12 Jun 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo363hrxxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mnjm2dvg522s82nd anniversary of D-Day, my interview with Scott Chantler on Two Generals his acclaimed graphic memoir based on the experiences of his grandfather, Law Chantler. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/two-generals-d-day-and-one-of-the05 Jun 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjm2dvg522shttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mnc2athqak2uI'm partnering with Mensch Publishing to help build a graphic books imprint focused on graphic memoir, literary graphic novels, and ambitious graphic storytelling. We're actively looking for submissions. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/why-im-partnering-with-mensch-publishing02 Jun 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnc2athqak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mn3yut4xq22cSad to hear of the passing of Barney Frank, the legendary Democratic congressman, aged 86. I first learnt about Frank through Eric Orner’s superb graphic biography Smahtguy. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner-on-his-barney-frank-biography30 May 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3yut4xq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mmyh5hiewc25New interview: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell on Schulz, The New Yorker, and her graphic memoirs Murder Book + The Joy of Snacking. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-the-new-yorker-to-graphic-memoir29 May 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyh5hiewc25https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mmgevfh6ps2sNew interview with Brooklyn-based, Kyiv-born artist Yevgenia Nayberg on her haunting new graphic memoir Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters — Soviet Jewish identity, memory, migration, and life after Chernobyl. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/yevgenia-naybergs-chernobyl-graphic22 May 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgevfh6ps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mld5p2ezx22jJonathan Baylis on twenty years of So Buttons, collaborating with artists like Noah Van Sciver, and building one of indie comics’ most distinctive autobiographical series. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jonathan-baylis-on-how-he-creates08 May 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld5p2ezx22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3ml3mrakg3c2h96 and still creating. I visited Natalie d’Arbeloff’s studio—she’s working on a graphic memoir. What an inspiration. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/creating-a-graphic-memoir-at-9605 May 2026 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3mrakg3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mkrmjn6yis2lNew on Substack: my interview with Julia Alekseyeva about Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution — a powerful graphic memoir spanning revolution, war, migration, and identity. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/julia-alekseyevas-soviet-graphic01 May 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrmjn6yis2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mk7wo3wi2k2cNew interview with Amy Kurzweil We discuss Flying Couch and Artificial: A Love Story — from Holocaust memory to AI, archives, and intergenerational identity. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/amy-kurzweil-on-holocaust-graphic24 Apr 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7wo3wi2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mk7wo3wi2k2cNew interview with Amy Kurzweil We discuss Flying Couch and Artificial: A Love Story — from Holocaust memory to AI, archives, and intergenerational identity. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/amy-kurzweil-on-holocaust-graphic24 Apr 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7wo3wi2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mjoeldln5s2dNew interview ✍️ I spoke with Maureen Burdock about Sleepless Planet, insomnia, and the power of graphic medicine Plus: Queen of Snails, process, and turning personal experience into comics Read: https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/the-art-of-graphic-medicine-with17 Apr 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoeldln5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mjgsrgajrk2tMy latest substack on @averyhill.bsky.social https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/visit-to-the-avery-hill-comics-exhibition14 Apr 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgsrgajrk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3milbwl7el22xLast week I heard Mimi Pond on The Mitford Sisters and Me, in conversation with Posy Simmonds at Foyles. Six years. 440 pages. All drawn by hand. 🎨 👉 https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening-with-mimi-pond-on-the03 Apr 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3milbwl7el22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mj2mnx2avc2rNew interview ✍️ I spoke with Ziggy Hanoar (Cicada Books) about her move into graphic novels and collaborating with Benjamin Phillips on Shushu — a beautifully rendered, intimate story that really stays with you. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-novel-on-the-quiet-strain09 Apr 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2mnx2avc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mj2mnx2avc2rNew interview ✍️ I spoke with Ziggy Hanoar (Cicada Books) about her move into graphic novels and collaborating with Benjamin Phillips on Shushu — a beautifully rendered, intimate story that really stays with you. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-novel-on-the-quiet-strain09 Apr 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2mnx2avc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3milbwl7el22xLast week I heard Mimi Pond on The Mitford Sisters and Me, in conversation with Posy Simmonds at Foyles. Six years. 440 pages. All drawn by hand. 🎨 👉 https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening-with-mimi-pond-on-the03 Apr 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3milbwl7el22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mhzmsqskas24I spoke to Dara Horn about her graphic novel One Little Goat — and how publishing realities (like “middle grade”) can shape something as fundamental as the protagonist’s age. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/dara-horns-passover-graphic-novel27 Mar 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzmsqskas24https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mhzmsqskas24I spoke to Dara Horn about her graphic novel One Little Goat — and how publishing realities (like “middle grade”) can shape something as fundamental as the protagonist’s age. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/dara-horns-passover-graphic-novel27 Mar 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzmsqskas24https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmemoir.bsky.social/post/3mhhzthyfgc2iI caught up with Nadine Takvorian to discuss Armaveni, her debut graphic memoir exploring family history and the legacy of the Armenian Genocide. https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/armaveni-a-graphic-memoir-of-the20 Mar 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:um44octe33gtkl3msq4eosf3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhzthyfgc2i