Guest Review by Adela Wu Mis(h)adra, the title of this remarkable graphic novel by Iasmin Omar Ata, breaks apart into “mish adra”, or I cannot in Arabic. Viewed another way, Mis(h)adra can also be “misadra”, a term for seizure. Trigger warning from Mis(h)adra and this review including mentions of self-harm and suicidality with some additional available resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255), Crisis Text Line: Text “Home” to 741741. Isaac, the main character, is a young Arab college student struggling with controlling his epilepsy and growing feelings of disconnection from the people around him, on top of wrangling his classes… Read More
Parenthesis
What would you do if you lost all your personal memories? For Judith this is not a nightmare but a true story of how she became hostage to an insidious illness.
Written and illustrated by Élodie Durand, Parenthesis is an award-winning memoir that delves into Durand’s psychological, emotional, and physical struggle of dealing with a brain tumor.
Toteman
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The Epilepsies of the War
by Maria Vacarella Comics Forum August 12, 2011
My New York Diary
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Epileptic
Epileptic is like no other Graphic Novel. A masterpiece in which the margins of reality, dreams and immagination are blurred. David B grew up with an elder brother, Jean-Christophe, who suffered from severe epilepsy. David (christened Pierre-Francois Beauchard, but changing his name during the story) are very close as young children. Jean Christophe is a bright imaginative child with a talent for drawing that he shares with his brother. The book chronicles the development of Jean-Christophe’s illness, his reaction to it and the strains and confinement it puts on family life as they search in vain for a cure for… Read More