Afar Leila del Duca (Writer), Kit Seaton (Artist), Taneka Stotts (Editor) Image Comics March 29, 2017 Ancient Egypt and all of its attendant art never fails to beguile the Western imagination. Unsurprisingly, it was the original reason that inspired me to pluck Leila del Duca and Kit Seaton’s Afar from a small bookstore shelf. It was…
Pashmina: Uncovering Secrets and Self-Discovery
Pashmina Nidhi Chanani First Second October 3, 2017 We’re all familiar with the intricately-patterned Indian shawls known as pashminas. In Nidhi Chanani’s debut graphic novel, published through First Second Books, a pashmina serves as a conduit to a homeland that exists in the feisty protagonist’s imagination before delivering her a sense of clarity – and…