Book Review by Kevin Wolf Is Rebecca & Lucie an imaginative, invented adventure of a woman named Rebecca, on maternity leave with her eight-month-old daughter, Lucie Girard, and married to Pascal Girard, a hospital social worker? Or a true story? The back cover of this tale calls it “A maternity leave mystery that centers a new mother in all her post-partum glory!” Rebecca & Lucie—written by Pascal Girard, Quebecois French-Canadian; and translated by Aleshia Jensen—is a playful (except some mystery parts) tale dedicated to “a” Rebecca. Lucie (aka, Lulu) plays an endearing toddler. There are autobiographical aspects and a… Read More
A Journey to Motherhood by Camille Aubry – Chapter 7
Graphic Medicine is very proud to present the seventh chapter of Camille Aubry’s A Journey to Motherhood. This is a part-memoir part-fiction comic book depicting the fun and less-fun bits of maternity, from pregnancy to the toddler years, told with dry, and at times caustic, humour. Read Chapter 6 here. Visit Camille’s website. Follow Camille on Instagram. Camille Aubry is a French graphic artist based in Bristol. She graduated as an architect in Paris before completing an MA in Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts. Camille works as a live illustrator (scribe), documenting events, conferences, seminars, concerts, meetings, presentations and pitches with… Read More