graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I spoke with Eliza Fricker @elizafricker.bsky.social about her visceral drawing process, reframing neurodivergence, and her new graphic memoir Could Try Harder. Read the full interview here: 🎨👇 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eliza-fric... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This week on GraphicMEMOIRBlog, I’m interviewing Teresa Robertson on her new graphic memoir, TWINS (@MenschPublishing) 🎨📖 Full disclosure: having helped edit & bring her original zines into this finished edition, it’s a book I’m deeply proud of. 120
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Blood of the Virgin was a masterpiece, so when I was in San Diego I was happy to make the 100-mile drive north to Los Feliz, LA, to meet Sammy Harkham. We discussed his family roots in Budapest and Baghdad, what fiction is Read it here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/sammy-hark... 001
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialFantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 08/09/2026“Fantagraphics was my mountaintop,” he says. “I felt like that’s my home, where I need to be.” Noah Van Sciver discussed his comics career with @graphicmemoir.bsky.social--read all about it at ow.ly/E2bg50ZKZ8R!ow.lyNoah Van Sciver’s 20-Year Journey in ComicsThe balance between memoir, fiction, and biography 191
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As a longtime fan of Noah Van Sciver, I was so glad to interview him! @fantagraphics.bsky.social We spoke about 20+ years of cartooning, pitching Fantagraphics, his new graphic novel The Mess, and balancing memoir, fiction, and biography. 🔗 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/noah-van-s...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comNoah Van Sciver’s 20-Year Journey in ComicsThe balance between memoir, fiction, and biography 043
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Just back from LA and Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution at the Skirball Cultural Center. From Superman and MAD to Crumb, Maus, Love and Rockets and the indie comics of the ’90s, it’s a fascinating history of America through comics. Read: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/la-exhibit... 000
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 28/08/2026@mexikidstories.bsky.social I spoke with Pedro Martín about leaving corporate design, drawing on index cards, making comic history with MexiKid, and what’s ahead in MexiKid Dreams. Read the interview 👇 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/pedro-mart... 011
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 28/08/2026@mexikidstories.bsky.social I spoke with Pedro Martín about leaving corporate design, drawing on index cards, making comic history with MexiKid, and what’s ahead in MexiKid Dreams. Read the interview 👇 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/pedro-mart... 011
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 07/08/202681 years after Hiroshima, I’m sharing my interview with Jonathan Fetter-Vorm about Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/drawing-th... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 04/08/2026From Cold War espionage to the 1967 koro epidemic, Singaporean writer & graphic novelist Felix Cheong discusses uncovering forgotten history through comics. Read the interview: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/felix-cheo... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I 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 🎨👇 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-drook... 000
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialKelcey Ervick @kelceyervick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I am a fan of Jonathan Sandler’s Graphic Memoir blog and was glad to be interviewed for it. 031
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 24/07/2026📚 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: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/kelsey-erv... 010
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 17/07/2026NEW: 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: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/henryks-es... #GraphicMemoir #WWII #Comics #History 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 10/07/2026🇫🇷💬 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. 📖 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-eisne... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I interviewed graphic novelist Andre Frattino about We Are Pan, Cuban exile, historical storytelling, and the changing nature of graphic novels. Read here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/andre-frat...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comAndre Frattino on Cuban Exile and Graphic HistoryFrom wartime Japan to 1960s Cuba, Frattino explores how comics can recover contested histories and forgotten voices. 000
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jurijs-tat...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comJurijs Tatarkins and Riga’s Kuš! Comics SceneWalking, creativity, and the rise of Latvia’s alternative comics world 094
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jurijs-tat...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comJurijs Tatarkins and Riga’s Kuš! Comics SceneWalking, creativity, and the rise of Latvia’s alternative comics world 094
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/paul-grave... 050
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/alex-potts...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comAlex Potts on Was That Normal?From zines to Avery Hill: making a slice-of-life graphic novel in fragments 032
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 05/06/202682nd 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/two-genera... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I'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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/why-im-par... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Sad 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/eric-orner...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comEric Orner on his Barney Frank Biography, SmahtguyA conversation on comics biographies — and bringing a Democratic and LGBTQ trailblazer to the page 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 29/05/2026New interview: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell on Schulz, The New Yorker, and her graphic memoirs Murder Book + The Joy of Snacking. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-the-n...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comFrom The New Yorker to Graphic Memoir: Hilary Fitzgerald CampbellThe cartoonist and comedian on Schulz’s influence and her two graphic memoirs 000
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialDeb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Now up at Skirball Museum in Los Angeles: “Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution” - capturing the history of US comics of all kinds. If you’re coming to LA for Anime Expo, this may be worth a detour www.skirball.org/museum/inven... 210238
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 22/05/2026New 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/yevgenia-n... 010
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Jonathan Baylis on twenty years of So Buttons, collaborating with artists like Noah Van Sciver, and building one of indie comics’ most distinctive autobiographical series. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/jonathan-b...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comJonathan Baylis on How He Creates an AnthologyInside 20 years of So Buttons and the art of casting comics artists 030
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 05/05/202696 and still creating. I visited Natalie d’Arbeloff’s studio—she’s working on a graphic memoir. What an inspiration. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/creating-a... 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 01/05/2026New on Substack: my interview with Julia Alekseyeva about Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution — a powerful graphic memoir spanning revolution, war, migration, and identity. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/julia-alek... 020
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New interview with Amy Kurzweil We discuss Flying Couch and Artificial: A Love Story — from Holocaust memory to AI, archives, and intergenerational identity.jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comAmy Kurzweil on Holocaust Graphic MemoirsFrom Flying Couch to Artificial, exploring inherited memory, family archives, and the ethics of drawing real lives 021
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New interview with Amy Kurzweil We discuss Flying Couch and Artificial: A Love Story — from Holocaust memory to AI, archives, and intergenerational identity.jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comAmy Kurzweil on Holocaust Graphic MemoirsFrom Flying Couch to Artificial, exploring inherited memory, family archives, and the ethics of drawing real lives 021
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New 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: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/the-art-of...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comThe Art of Graphic Medicine with Maureen BurdockOn insomnia, memory, and turning personal struggle into powerful graphic nonfiction 010
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 14/04/2026My latest substack on @averyhill.bsky.social jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/visit-to-t...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comVisit to the Avery Hill Comics Exhibition in HarrogateSixteen artists, one publisher, and the craft behind modern comics 011
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Last 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. 🎨 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comAn Evening with Mimi Pond on the MitfordsRefracting the 20th century through six aristocratic sisters and a 440 page graphic biography 001
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 09/04/2026New 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-no... 001
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 09/04/2026New 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-no... 001
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Last 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. 🎨 👉 jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/an-evening...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comAn Evening with Mimi Pond on the MitfordsRefracting the 20th century through six aristocratic sisters and a 440 page graphic biography 001
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/dara-horns... 011
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/dara-horns... 011
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I caught up with Nadine Takvorian to discuss Armaveni, her debut graphic memoir exploring family history and the legacy of the Armenian Genocide. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/armaveni-a...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comA Graphic Memoir of the Armenian GenocideIn Armaveni, Nadine Takvorian uncovers her family’s history and preserves their memory 010
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I recently visited the Robert Crumb exhibition in London at the David Zwirner Gallery in Mayfair. A fascinating encounter with one of the pioneers of underground comix. My reflections here: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/robert-cru...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comRobert Crumb Exhibition in LondonFrom underground comix to the walls of Mayfair, a personal visit to Robert Crumb’s first London show in a decade. 010
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 06/03/2026My conversation with Brooklyn artist Mia Wolff on her Fantagraphics books Bread & Wine, The Empty Lot, and Lost and Found. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/fine-art-t...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comFine Art to Comics: Mia WolffThe Brooklyn artist discusses Bread & Wine, The Empty Lot, Lost and Found, and her work with Fantagraphics 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Jordan 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... 000
Reposted by @graphicmemoir.bsky.socialgraphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Interview 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 Read: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/katriona-c... 0115
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Interview 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 Read: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/katriona-c... 0115
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I 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...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comBarbara Yelin, WWII, and Graphic MemoirHow Irmina redefined historical storytelling, and how Emmie Arbel’s testimony is drawn 000
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Barcelona, Paco Roca, and Spanish comics — from museum exhibitions to local comics shops. Original art, graphic memoir, and discoveries along the way. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/barcelona-...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comBarcelona & the Comics of Paco RocaExploring exhibitions of Spanish artists and the city’s vibrant comics shops 010
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Andrew 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... 001
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Delighted 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. jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/graphic-me...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comGraphic Memoir of a WWII Refugee Grandmother: Southern Africa to GermanyHow UK debut author Astrid Goldsmith tells a Jewish WWII refugee story through comics 011
graphicmemoir.bsky.social @graphicmemoir.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Finally 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: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/paris-hiro...jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.comParis, Hiroshima, Barefoot GenFrom the Guimet Museum to Huberty & Breyne: the exhibitions that defined the start of my comics year 000
