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Delay – A Comics Anthology

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by PF Anderson Comics anthologies are a particular love of mine, and this one, Delay, a comics anthology, is a beautiful gem in the genre, lush with visual, textual, thematic, and editorial details to unify it across the entire collection. Delay is published by Difference Engine in Singapore, and will be available in the United States on April 28, 2026. As one might expect from a comics anthology from Singapore, it largely features Southeast Asian authors and artists, with seven from Singapore itself, and the rest from the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, for a total of sixteen creators across the… Read More

Lavender Clouds – Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health

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by Soph Myers-Kelley Lavender Clouds: Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health by Bex Ollerton is what feels like the spiritual sequel to Sensory: Life on the Spectrum – An Autistic Comics Anthology even though that is not the case. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum is an anthology edited by Bex Ollerton, containing the works of dozens of autistic artists, whereas Lavender Clouds is a piece wholly her own. As such, this piece is distinctly her own art style—focusing on the pink haired character that represents herself (complete with many, many dark circles under her eyes) and the ethereal, soft, funky… Read More

My Brain Is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

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by Soph Myers-Kelley   Monzusu, illustrator and curator of the stories in this book, is a Japanese adult with ADHD as well as a parent of children in the “gray zone of developmental disorders” (2). She created My Brain Is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders, because she had such a hard time finding the stories of regular, neurodivergent people when researching for herself and her children. At the time she wanted “a frame of reference, real examples of how I should raise my sons, and to see stories of people with my condition holding down a job,… Read More

Tyler Page: Raised on Ritalin

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Today’s podcast features a presentation by cartoonist Tyler Page from the 2015 Comics & Medicine conference in Riverside, California in which he describes the ways making comics helped with his ADHD. Tyler Page is working on his first graphic memoir, Raised on Ritalin: A Medicated Memoir. He tells us how making comics helped him manage his ADHD. Keep an eye on your screens because Tyler shared his many slides, and the images are matched up to his talk. Graphic Medicine News Penn State University Press announces the release of Peter Dunlop Shohl’s graphic memoir My Degeneration, available now. I’m hoping to interview Peter… Read More